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Rajaportti Sauna is one of Pispala's landmarks in addition to Pispala Shot Tower and the many steps. In this linocut two cats are standing on the landing of very steep steps, and underneath you can see Rajaportti Sauna, couple of houses, and Näsijärvi lake with its Siilinkari lighthouse. I used coloured Japanese linoleum/vinyl and stained it pale so that I could better distinguish the picture which I transferred with a piece of baking paper, and so the carving would be easier. This proved to be quite tricky, because according to the letterpress technique the final darker parts seemed now to be lighter. It was a bit of a surprise how the final print would look like. The other cat was supposed to be hand coloured, and made it brownish/yellow with pastel pencils. I also coloured the sign of Rajaportti Sauna yellow. It did not come to my mind to colour the other cat red, but by commission I made one, and it does not look too bad - quite fun.
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