I recently attended the talk of the opening of reverting to Type 2020 an exhibition of contemporary letterpress protest posters. Whilst there were many posters to talk about and inspire I want to focus on this poster below to try out some ideas for the protest pack and developments of how it could be used and customised
https://www.revertingtotype.com/posters/senk-husleia-lower-the-rent
The use of bold type and a simple image was very striking to me in this image and I wish to make a small sample (A5) with type and an image combined. Other posters blended in with the use of strong type, which was striking; but for me the image used on the print above made it stand out.
In situ in the exhibition space, spotted on the virtual tour
Ive created a lino cut of the Walter and Edith WE as a starting point and then want to look at an image with more natural form too.
Ive used easy cut lino and a stamp pad to print this to try and recreate the same texture as the Will Mower blocks with Logan Deli paper.
I carved the back of the block first as it has a very rough surface to create those textured marks, but it was too rough to use with the stamp pad, it may work better with printmaking inks.
I then carved the correct side, and was able to get some lovely textures from this. Again, using printmaking inks will give a very crisp finish to the print without texture.
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