Saturday, July 5, 2025

Revving Up for STEAMROLLER TESSELLATION Printing

We are preparing to make a BIG STEAMROLLER print at the Southwest Print Fiesta 2025 of large EXQUISISTE TESSELLATION Linocuts -- on Sunday, October 12, 2025, in Silver City, New Mexico:

The LIGHTBURN file for laser cutting four big "hat" linocuts,
from a linoleum 35x 35 inches square--
20_inch_hats.LBRN2 (18.22 KB)

We plan to piece together four large "hat" linocuts to make a larger print on 40 x 40 inch paper.  We might also carve the 6 drops, and piece them together to make full square steamroller print. These puzzle pieces can be put together to print several variations.

Southwest Print Fiesta 2022 --
steamroller print of Manuel Guerra's big linocut

Steamroller Printing -- Southwest Print Fiesta 2022
Manuel Guerra Steamroller Print -- Southwest Print Fiesta 2022

EXQUISITE STEAMROLLER TESSELLATION Print

June 3, 2025
The large "hat" linocuts
are the mirrored image of the small linocuts
we have been printing previously

JOE MARSHALL was the first to carve and print
his big "hat" linocut for the Steamroller Press


We probably need to tape all the big linocuts down with Woodworkers Double Sided Tape before running the steamroller over them:

EXQUISITE STEAMROLLER TESSELLATION Print
Woodworkers Double Sided Tape



ARTISTS

We have given out 11 big TESSELLATION linocuts to carve, to 9 artists in the Southwest -- reminiscent of the theme of the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta:

ALBUQUERQUE

HENRY MORALES, ELLIE WEADOCK, VIRGIL VELASCO -- we gave out three big tessellation linocuts in Albuquerque to each of the BIG INK team:  

(l to r) HENRY MORALES, ELLIE WEADOCK, VIRGIL VELASCO
in Albuquerque

HOLLAND HARDIE will carve the big linocut we gave to Remarque Print Workshop in Albuquerque:

EXQUISITE STEAMROLLER TESSELLATION Prints
Jessica Krichels accepts a big linocut
for Remarque Print Workshop

ADAM BERMAN of the Printmaking Department of the University of New Mexico in  Albuquerque accepted a big tessellation tile:

EXQUISITE STEAMROLLER TESSELLATION Prints
ADAM BERMAN at the UNM Printmaking Department
accepts a big linocut

EL PASO

MANUEL GUERRA of HORNED TOAD PRINTS of El Paso accepted two big "hat" tessellation tiles:

Juarez
MANUEL GUERRA of El Paso
accepted two big "hat" linocuts

LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO

JULIE SOLA of FAT CROW PRESS in Las Vegas, New Mexico, accepted a big "hat" tessellation tile:

SUMMARY -- PRINTERS PLANET TAOS 2025
JULIE SOLA of Las Vegas, New Mexico
accepts a big "hat" tessellation tile to carve

Julie Sola started on her
big steamroller tessellation linocut

FAT CROW PRESS -- Color Tessellation SUMMARY
Julie Sola proofed her big tessellation linocut


TAOS, NEW MEXICO

SARAH HART of Taos, New Mexico accepted a big "hat" tessellation tile to carve:

SUMMARY -- PRINTERS PLANET TAOS 2025
SARAH HART of Taos, New Mexico
accepts a big "hat" tessellation tile to carve

TUCSON

JOE MARSHALL of Tucson accepted two big "hat" linocuts, and had already carved one by the end of June:

TUCSON visits ALBUQUERQUE
Joe Marshall of Tucson
printing with a Tortilla Press in Albuquerque


The big linocut and the print
that JOE MARSHALL made for the Steamroller Press

LAS CRUCES

CHRIS BARDEY posted on Instagram about the big tessellation tile we sent him:

CHRIS BARDEY receives a big tessellation tile

UPDATE (October 3, 2025): One week from the SOUTHWEST PRINT FIESTA 2025
 
Adam Berman at the University of New Mexico in September,
after he laser cuts a big 20 inch "hat" tessellation linoleum


The Rabbit laser cutter at UNM


Ellie Weadock proofed her big 20 inch linocut
at the end of September 2025

UPDATE (October 7, 2025):  Henry Morales' large tessellation linocut:

Henry Morales carved this 20 inch wide "hat" tessellation tile

Henry's tessellation linocut proofed

I picked up Henry's linocut
during his drawing session on October 7th

I also picked up Virgil Velasco's linocut
during his drawing session on October 7th

Virgil Velasco's large tessellation linocut



LASER CUTTING

We bought three big sheets of 36x36 inch linoleum from Dick Blick:

Three big sheets of 36x36 inch linoleum
 from Dick Blick


Ethan then laser cut the linoleum on April 16, 2025 -- into large "hat" shapes, 20 inches across at the widest:

20 INCHES at the Widest


EXQUISITE STEAMROLLER TESSELLATION Prints
12 large "hat" linoleum shapes
and the drops

The LIGHTBURN file for laser cutting four large 20" hat shapes from a 35x35 inch piece of linoleum:

I cut off a half inch to make 35.5x36 inch sheets of linoleum
so that they would fit in Ethan's laser cutter




Morn Laser


70% power, 15 mm/sec speed



We laser cut each 35x36 inch piece of linoleum
into four "hat" shapes
in about ten minutes

Video of the laser cutting


Four 20 inch wide "hats"
out of a 35x35 inch square of linoleum








Thank you Ethan!!!!


And a big Thank You to Brian too, for designing the tessellation pattern than we used to laser cut.

the tessellation pattern



STEAMROLLER PRINTING
2024

Last year they also printed a second day with the Steamroller -- Sunday, October 13, 2024 -- at the Southwest Print Fiesta 2024

SOUTHWEST PRINT FIESTA 2024 -- Steamroller Printing


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