Revealing Print

A trip up to Dundee where Ioan had been involved in the 'Big Print'. What you have to do it seems is

Engage with groups throughout the city to produce designs
Faithfully reproduce these on large sheets of lino (in negative of course)
Find volunteers from throughout the city to cut out the lino
Commandeer part of the Art School Car Park
Put down a hefty piece of wood
Ink the lino print well and place on the piece of wood
Place large piece of paper on inked lino cut
Place felt on the paper
Place second piece of wood on top of the felt
And (this is the clever part) get a road roller to drive over the lot
Remove the top piece of wood
Remove the felt
And then, very carefully, pull off the paper

Simple. Why don't we do these sort of things more often?

The Big Print Project is an exciting outreach project for Impact8 and Print Festival Scotland, bringing together local schools, community groups, students and professional printmakers to create a giant artwork, inspired by Dundee life and landscapes.

Led by the Creative Learning Team from The McManus: Dundees Art Gallery and Museum, children, young people and adult learners have been taking part in a busy 6 month programme of printmaking, drawing and collage workshops across the city. Using The McManus collections as a starting point, workshop themes include social and natural history, science, culture and architecture. These resulting artworks created by participants will be transferred by artists, students and volunteers and cut into lino. This work will culminate in a day of giant printmaking during the conference.

Join the Big Print Team and participants for the final reveal of the finished artwork on Saturday 31sy August, where the collaborative linocuts will be printed in the University grounds by the Big Print Roadroller! Participating Big Print groups include Greylodge Youth Group, McManus Youth Action Group, Womens International Centre, Dundee College, Blackness, St Joseph and Park Place Primaries, Morgan Academy, Dundee High and Monifieth High School. The project is also supported by student volunteers from Duncan of Jordanston College of Art.