CHIANG MAI, THAILAND - LINOCUT EDITION - SEPTEMBER 2012 / "WAT PAN WHAEN"

WAT PAN WHAEN

I decided to walk through areas of Chiang Mai's old city that I had never been through before and discovered this sleepy temple towards the southern end of the city along some winding roads.

INITIAL SKETCH - DRAWN ON-SITE IN CHIANG MAI

CUT LINO

INKED LINO AND INITIAL TEST PRINT

FINAL ARTIST'S PROOF PRINT

CHIANG MAI, THAILAND - LINOCUT EDITION - SEPTEMBER 2012

I finally started cutting out my linocuts from my trip to Chiang Mai in September of 2012.
This is the first of the series and represents the process of printing an Artists Proof for me to make any adjustments for the eventual printing of the full edition.

"As promised, I rang in the new year last night by working on an art piece. I finished cutting the first lino from my most recen trip to Chiang Mai. This is a very special place to me, a shaded peaceful spot towards the back of Wat Phrasingh, where many young monks would gather to meet their friends, sometimes study and often, just hang out and enjoy the company of friends and curious foreigners. I showed up here on one of my last days to draw this piece while Phra's Kritsada Prueprung, Yee Vongpaseuth and Khamla Yotthavong were still in class."

INITIAL SKETCH ON PRE-MEASURED PIECE OF LINO. 

DRAWN ON-SITE IN CHIANG MAI

CUT LINO

FINAL PRINT