Process

In general my process uses the following steps:

1: Photography ; I currently use a Google Pixel phone or a Panasonic Lumix ZS-100, both are easy to carry. I used to have a lot of photo equipment which was bulky to take along.

2: Image editing, colour separations, final artwork for each plate.

The pictures are in RGB (Red-Blue-Green) used for electronic displays so I convert them to CMYK (Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black) which is a colour model used for print output. Below is a sample of 10 colour separated (CMYK) plates for the image above from the back of our boat in Thieves Bay, Pender Island, BC. After the colours and tones are separate I then convert the plate to pure black so it shows up better for the laser print transfer to the wood block.

Cyan Deep

Cyan Mid

Cyan Light

Magenta Deep

Magenta Mid

Magenta Light

Yellow

(K) Black

(K) Black Mid

(K) Black Light

3: Transfer artwork to wood block, hand carving.

The artwork is printed on a laser printer, positioned on a wood block and transferred with lacquer thinner. The image gets reversed onto the plate so everything looks backwards.

4: Printing. For multiple plate (block) images careful alignment called registration is required to complete .

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