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Created for the Trek Tribute zine. This zine is a tribute to K/S zines of old, so everything is in black and white or grayscale, and the idea was that the whole zine could theoretically be "xeroxed".
 
When I applied to create art for this zine, I really liked that they wanted to do things old school, so I offered to do a linocut. Relief printing seemed liked the perfect medium for this. What's more old school than printmaking? While it has been 7 years since I properly did any printmaking, I had most of the supplies on hand. I ended up experimenting with some new water soluble printing ink and different paper. While I was mostly satisfied with the results, I wanted to get my hands on some more Mulberry paper since my roll had run out early on in this project. Personally, it's the best paper for relief printing without a press. So I ended up contacting my professor from college to give me the name of the place where she buys her paper! I'm now super ready the next time I want to make a linocut.
 
Anyway, to fulfill the K/S part of the assignment, I drew a screenshot from the episode "Bread and Circuses". The only major change I made was have them stand 6" closer than in the reference image! XD
This piece was completed in February/March 2021, and all contributors finally got the OK to share our pieces publicly on 9/4/21.
 
Medium: 8" x 10" linocut on Awagami Masa paper with Charbonnel aquawash carbon black ink.  



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Date: 2021-09-05 02:01 am (UTC)
theladyscribe: close up of michelangelo's david blowing a bubble (bubblegum pop)
From: [personal profile] theladyscribe
STEPH THIS IS SO COOL OH MY GOD!!!!!!

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Date: 2021-09-06 02:58 am (UTC)
yue_ix: Tomoy and Sakura from Card Captor Sakura holding a single big heart and smiling. (CCS -  heart)
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That is AMAZING! Love the concept, adore the execution.

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