More Big EXQUISITE TESSELLATION Printing at CNM

On Monday, November 10, 2025, we made 3 more big collaborative EXQUISITE TESSELLATION prints at the westside CNM campus (Central New Mexico Community College):

3 Big collaborative tessellation linocut prints on the wall,

by artists from Albuquerque and Las Vegas, New Mexico

ARTISTS:

• Virgil Velasco  (Albuquerque)
• Henry Morales  (Albuquerque)
• Ellie Weadock  (Albuquerque)
• Julie Sola  (Las Vegas, New Mexico)

Scott, Aaron Bass (instructor) and Ellie Weadock

pulling a big collaborative tessellation print

on 31.5x47.25 inch Rives BFK paper

REPRINTS

We reprinted 4 of the 11 big EXQUISITE TESSELLATION LINOCUTS -- that we had originally printed in Silver City with a steamroller at the Southwest Print Fiesta in October; and then also reprinted at the OPEN HOUSE at Remarque Print Workshop in Albuquerque in November:

Steamrolling big collaborative steamroller tessellation prints

at the Southwest Print Fiesta in Silver City, NM

Reprinting four of the big tessellation linocuts

at Remarque Print Workshop in Albuquerque

FIRST PRINT

The first and biggest print was by 3 Albuquerque artists from Henry Morales' studio:

Virgil Velasco, Henry Morales, Ellie Weadock

ARTISTS:

• Virgil Velasco  (Albuquerque)
• Henry Morales  (Albuquerque)
• Ellie Weadock  (Albuquerque)

Henry Morales, Ellie Weadock, and Virgil Velasco working in Albuquerque on a previous collaborative print together, a BIG INK collaboration in 2024:

Henry Morales, Ellie Weadock, and Virgil Velasco

working on a collaborative BIG INK print in 2024

Ellie adjusting the pressure on the Takach Press

Luxurious inking station

Cranfield Safe Wash Relief Inks

We used three Cranfield Safe Wash Relief Inks:

• Rubine Red
• Burnt Umber
• Light Orange

The REVEAL!

Pinning up the print

SECOND PRINT

The second print was from big linocuts by Virgil Velasco and Julie Sola:

Virgil Velasco (Albuquerque) and

Julie Sola (Las Vegas, New Mexico)

ARTISTS:

• Virgil Velasco  (Albuquerque)
• Julie Sola  (Las Vegas, New Mexico)

Julie Sola in her studio

in Las Vegas, New Mexico

THIRD PRINT

We pulled a third print on black Somerset paper, using Cranfield Caligo Safe Wash Relief Ink Soft Shades. The linocuts were from Ellie Weadock and Julie Sola:

Ellie Weadock and Julie Sola

ARTISTS:

• Ellie Weadock  (Albuquerque)
• Julie Sola  (Las Vegas, New Mexico)

Cranfield Caligo Safe Wash Relief Ink Soft Shades

Rolling on the Caligo Soft Pink ink

Rolling on the Caligo Mustard Yellow ink

Cleaning Up with Baby Oil

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Last year (2024) we also pulled EXQUISITE TESSELLATION prints at the CNM studio on the westside of Albuquerque:

We pulled small EXQUISITE TESSELLATION prints

at CNM westside campus in 2024

CONCLUSION

There is life for the Big EXQUISITE TESSELLTION Linocuts after the Steamroller Printing in Silver City during the Southwest Print Fiesta 2025!

• The big tessellation linocuts look great as individual prints:

Henry Morales' individual big tessellation linocut

• They also look great when printed as a pair -- moreover it is easier to store and handle 22 x 30 inch paper:

Big tessellation linocuts

printed as a pair

• Perhaps the best solution is when both the large and small EXQUISITE TESSELLATION linocuts are printed together, and in color:

Big and small tessellation linocuts

printed together in color

PRINTMAKING by MAIL

Lastly both these big and small EXQUISITE TESSELLATION linocuts can easily be sent in the mail, to make collaborative prints outside of New Mexico, and even in other countries.  I can imaging making a collaborative EXQUISITE TESSELLATION print in Florida, with linocuts from New Mexico, Texas, New York, Mexico, Canada, etc...

Even better if someone else took over...this is not a proprietary project:

• 7 inch wide "hat" tile
• 20 wide inch "hat" tile (mirrored)

The small and big tessellation linocuts

are mirrored from each other

Also THANK YOU to DAVID SMITH, the mathematician who discovered this "hat"shape aperiodic monotile in 2022.