Primary Artist

Jennifer Marshall (1944–)

Title

Flick book.

Physical description

handbound book of 32 pp of linocut images. Presented in black cloth-covered case

Date made

1980 – 1980, July

Category

Illustrated book

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in black ink, from one block

Matrix size

19.8 x 21.0 cm (book (closed))

Edition information

edition of 5

Production notes

Artists comment: Each linoleum block was worked on with an assortment of v-shaped gouges. The marks were cut directly into the surface without making preliminary drawings on paper or on the block itself. The result is akin to wood engraving due both to the fineness of the line and the fact that, when printed the line is white on a dark ground. The book was printed in 2 editions, the first a hand-printed edition of 6 black letterpress ink rolled on the surface, a sheet of dampened paper (Arches Ingres 85 g.s.m) placed on top and both run through the press (Hilldav etching). A second edition of 75 was printed by commercial offset, by the Wentworth Press, Sydney and published by Tamarisque. The pages were printed 4 up on Strathmore charcoal paper, and then guillotined. (The plates were made as a result of photographing each proof on a Repco Graphic Arts Camera; the liths used were 2nd generation negatives.) Both editions are hand bound. [Art & Australia, vol 19, no. 3, Autumn 1982, p. 277.]

Subject category

Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

66656

Creators

Marshall, Jennifer. | (1944–) Australian | Female | artist