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I print by hand my quite large Pispala-themed linocut of ten separate pieces (60 x 100 cm) at the summer cottage. There is a flat and hard floor and I can use my garden roller, which is filled with 70 litres of water. I can get an even and good pressure on the paper with the garden roller. First there must be an appropriate paper (Fabriano Accademia, 120 g) as suitable sized pieces and the lino ink spread on the linocut, then you can start the printing or pulling of the linocut. The paper is spread on the linocut, and then you just try to get enough pressure on the paper in order to get the ink transferring on the paper. In addition to the garden roller I use also other more usual tools for printing linos by hand: a marble rolling pin, wooden spoon, even stones. It is advisable not to hurry with printing this kind of larger linocut, and at the end you can even take some dance steps on the paper. There is also one addition to this large linocut: the hot air balloon on the upper left corner. It was printed with a separate piece of lino and coloured by hand. When spreadin ink on the big lino I covered the place of the hot air balloon with a stencil. The removing of the printed paper off the linocut makes a fine sound effect, like the ink would still try to hold on the paper.
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Matkaan PIspalasta: paperi / Trip from Pispala: Paper
Matkaan Pispalasta: kaiverrus / Trip from Pispala : Carving
Matkaan Pispalasta: linoväri / Trip from Pispala: Ink
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