"Giant Sequoias" (2020)

"Giant Sequoias": 14 color-layer multi-block reduction woodcut print completed June 2020. Tom sketched these trees in the Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park in 2010. He created the print during the coronavirus lockdown. You can see some of the many… — "Giant Sequoias": 14 color-layer multi-block reduction woodcut print completed June 2020. Tom sketched these trees in the Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park in 2010. He created the print during the coronavirus lockdown. You can see some of the many steps in making this print by scrolling thru the images on right (click on each image to enlarge it).

Original sketch & key block starting

Carving key block

Printing key block 1

Key Bloc Proof

Transfering key bloc image w/ mylar

carving green & red color blocks

Printing green (1st layer)

printing blue (2nd layer of color)

Printing red 1 (3rd color layer)

carving 2nd reduction on red bloc

Printing red 2 (4th color layer)

printing yellow 1 (6th color layer)

printing shadows 1 (8th color layer)

1st ten layers of color completed

Key bloc printed over 1st 10 color layers

printing blue 2 (12th color layer)

carving green 2 (reduction cut)

printing green 2 (13th color layer)

printing shadows 2 (14th color layer)

Finished print!