Giant linocut type-map of Paris
Marilyn sez, ""Around eight months ago, Mark Webber began work on his latest project, which he is very nearly ready to print. It's a typographic map of Paris. It's in French (naturally) and, being a linocut, Webber has had to carve out every single street and area name he's included, in reverse. Oh and it's 1.8 metres across..."
Man seeks massive printer (Thanks, Marilyn!)
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Man, this guy's moved waaayyy beyond carving out a potato to make a stamp.
Cheers for linking to my work!!... i hope to be able to get this printed some time in the next month!. Just have to see how things go!.
i just uploaded more images to my Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markandrewwebber/
Cheers cory for linking to this! and the Linomation earlier in the year! yea i have a slight addiction to the linoworks!! ahh.
That's amazing. I can't think of a city besides Paris that lends itself to this particular concept. I can't wait to see prints.
Amazing.. He must have some pretty calloused hands by now.. (although that looks like linocut-type linoleum which is a bit thicker and softer than the floor kind)
I've tried to do lettering in a linocut and failed dismally. One slip-up and a whole serif went missing! Now I see that maybe my problem was that I wasn't doing it big enough :)
Wait... It's how big?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markandrewwebber/3721889944/
Good god man, that's bloody brilliant.
Impressed.
Jeebus, the guy speaks no French and he has to carve mirror images? Whaaa! And I looked back at the Linomation and remember I almost cried at its beauty when I first saw it.
Now I'm trying to dream up lino-fun. Would a linoleum roller be make-able, to print a continuous pattern or repeating animation?