Original 8x6 linocut prints featuring the main characters of the Hollow Knight games. A multi-layered process creates the different colors. The first one features the Knight from the first Hollow Knight game, napping on a bench called "Quick Nap." The second features Hornet from Hollow Knight: Silksong with her needolin with actual silver thread layered under her arm that's been sewn into the paper "Needolin Break." Their weapons are inked with silver.
Images are printed on naturally dyed lokta paper (sarne leaf creates the green) with multiple inks, including silver. I estimate it's about 80 gsm.
The process of linocut involves carving out the excess of a design from a block of linoleum. A thin layer of ink is rolled onto the finished stamp and then the inked stamp is pressed into paper. Pressing involves a large flat press but often has to be finished with hand-burnishing with a baren. Due to the way the hand-pressing process works, there are slight variations between each print such as texture or stray marks. Each print is unique in that way, which is what makes linocut printing the way it is.
Original 8x6 linocut prints featuring the main characters of the Hollow Knight games. A multi-layered process creates the different colors. The first one features the Knight from the first Hollow Knight game, napping on a bench called "Quick Nap." The second features Hornet from Hollow Knight: Silksong with her needolin with actual silver thread layered under her arm that's been sewn into the paper "Needolin Break." Their weapons are inked with silver.
Images are printed on naturally dyed lokta paper (sarne leaf creates the green) with multiple inks, including silver. I estimate it's about 80 gsm.
The process of linocut involves carving out the excess of a design from a block of linoleum. A thin layer of ink is rolled onto the finished stamp and then the inked stamp is pressed into paper. Pressing involves a large flat press but often has to be finished with hand-burnishing with a baren. Due to the way the hand-pressing process works, there are slight variations between each print such as texture or stray marks. Each print is unique in that way, which is what makes linocut printing the way it is.
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