Silk Cut Award

With the exploration of lino cutting being a driving force behind my work for my final mayor project it was essential that I investigated into the contemporary lino printers as well as the traditional, The Silk Cut Award for Linocut Prints was introduced in 1995 to promote the making, appreciation and understanding of contemporary linocut printmaking in Australia. The following images have been really helpful in showing me the quality of lino print which can be achieved- be this the amount of detail to the range of prepared and colourful stock and layers which have been used to create a more complex image.

Winner of the 2013 Silk Cut Award Open Section GRAND PRIZE:
Rew Hanks, "Stop. There's No Need To Shoot The Natives", 2013
Linocut, 75x105cm

2013 Silk Cut Award Open Section Acquisition Prize:
Antonietta Covino-Beehre, Ricord/Souvenir Project: I Want Your Heart, 2012
Relief linocut onto 3 plywood panels, 84x240cm

2013 Silk Cut Award Open Section Acquisition Prize:
David Fraser,Waiting for Rain, 2013
Linocut, 139x98cm

 2013 Silk Cut Award Open Section Acquisition Prize:
Helen Mueller, Anaphia (Detail), 2013
Linocut & embossing (unbound book), 19x18x15cm