einahpets | On The Bridge

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.