“Panda Prophecy” Hand carved/printed linoleum block
Above: Hand-printed on watercolor paper with Speedball water-based block-printing ink. Then hand-painted embellishments in gold acrylic and ink.
Below: Hand-printed, no embellishment, matted and framed.
Below: An earlier version of the carving printed on a textured cardstock.
Below: Hand-carved linoleum block for hand-printing. Carving date: April 2013. Tool: Speedball linoleum carving tool (with interchangeable carving blades of various sizes). This was one of the first lino carvings I made, and the result was quite different than the original in terms of the detail work due to errors and corrections in the carving process (of course I would pick a design heavy on the hardest element to carve well, circular designs and details). The design itself was adapted to fit and fill the size of the block itself.
The Artwork of Holly Zezu 