I have finally completed this print. I really enjoy mixing the organic nature of freehand mark making with the organized systems of these patterns and the hard and complex character of machines. Now I need to finish the 2 other military/police related blocks I have cut. I attempted to print a 2 color version of Police Tower, but the 2 runs of ink rejected each other and looked blotchy. I think I know what the issue is will try again shortly.  I am still waiting for my press to arrive, but I have a show deadline approaching so I will continue printing by hand for now.
A few weeks ago I attended a workshop called Innovative Color Woodcut by Endi Poskovic. What a flood of information and ideas! Over the course of 2 days we learned about Endi’s technical and conceptual approach to creating his work, and managed to crank out a piece of our own. Mine is below. One of the interesting things I took away from the workshop was that working with speed can lead to a fresh, immediate image and open the door for a lot of cool surprises. Of course I knew this, but had forgotten it in practice. I also learned several ways to add more color without cutting a ton of extra blocks. I can tell that I will be processing all that I learned for a long time to come.