Ocean sunset XII

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Erik Desmyter: Ocean Sunset XII - woodcut print from two separate oak blocks for ocean and sunset. The sunset block was made from endgrain oak wood using the natural grain of the i rregular annual growth rings. The ocean block was cut using the grain lines along the length of an oak wood plank. Both blocks were inked separately by hand, each in a two color ink gradient, before combining both blocks on the bed of the press. Printed traditionally by hand with oil-based ink at Atelier Desmyter on a counterweight Albion press from the 1840s. Limited edition of 50 prints, signed and numbered in pencil, on cream colored Simili Japon paper with 2 deckled edges. Paper size 64 cm x 48 cm (25 1/4 inch x 19 inch), image size 53 cm x 38 cm (21 inch x 14 3/4 inch). Show more