Mike Lyon

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Dog Dream reduction woodcut

June 30, 1996 By Mike Lyon

My original drawing was done very quickly in pencil, then color was indicated using colored pencil. All colored areas in the prints were printed from a single block printed and reduced by carving through many printings.  First the areas to remain white were removed by carving the block. then the block was printed in pale […]

Filed Under: Woodblock Tagged With: Colored Pencil, Dog Drawing, Ink, Prints, Variations

Traffic (tiled relief print)

June 6, 1995 By Mike Lyon

These prints were produced using a set of identical plexi-glass cubes which I machined out of 1/2″ plexi bar stock. I routed a 1/8″ groove in one side, a 1/4″ groove in another side, and a 3/8″ groove in a third side of each long bar. Then I sliced the bars into 1/2″ long cubes using a […]

Filed Under: Woodblock Tagged With: Bar Stock, Glass Cubes, Grid, Groove, Plexi Glass, Portfolio, Prints, Spiral, Squares, Traffic

7 doggies

May 28, 1995 By Mike Lyon

This represents my first “color” lithograph. The original drawing was transferred to four aluminum litho plates and each plate was developed by drawing with litho crayon. Then the plates were processed, inked in cyan, magenta, yellow, and black (one color per plate) and printed. Quick and easy, the prints were Christmas gifts to family and […]

Filed Under: Lithography Tagged With: Aluminum, Christmas, Crayon, Doggies, Drawing, Prints

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