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.
On April 16, 2025, Ethan laser cut large 20 inch wide "hat" tessellation linocuts for us:
from a linoleum 35x 35 inches square--
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.
The large "hat" linocuts
are the mirrored image of the small linocuts
we have been printing previously
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:
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
HOLLAND HARDIE will carve the big linocut we gave to
Remarque Print Workshop in Albuquerque:
Jessica Krichels accepts a big linocut
ADAM BERMAN of the Printmaking Department of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque accepted a big tessellation tile:
accepts a big linocut
EL PASO
MANUEL GUERRA of
HORNED TOAD PRINTS of El Paso accepted two big "hat" tessellation tiles:
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:
accepts a big "hat" tessellation tile to carve
TAOS, NEW MEXICO
SARAH HART of Taos, New Mexico accepted a big "hat" tessellation tile to carve:
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:
The big linocut and the print
LAS CRUCES
CHRIS BARDEY posted on Instagram about the big tessellation tile we sent him:
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
at the end of September 2025
UPDATE (October 7, 2025): Henry Morales' large tessellation linocut:
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:
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
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
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.
STEAMROLLER PRINTING
2024
Last year they also printed a second day with the Steamroller --
Sunday, October 13, 2024 -- at the Southwest Print Fiesta 2024
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