Swoon 🇺🇸 Contemporary Art • Street Art • Art For Sale

[Photoxtc]

WOW that is stunning!!!

[Filipino Box Spring Hog]

Word. That's something else! Tremendous piece of work! Makes me sweat, just looking at it.

[manchestermike]

It's a Swoon alright

[slowmo]

Caliper boy rocks, everytime I see it penned up somewhere it cracks me up. The swoon is good too.

[Simococo]

beautiful beautiful beautiful

[Cocteau 101]

Gorgeous.

[ricosg11]

nice to see a new image. to make wood/lino cuts so large and detailed is amazing to me

[chrisps303]

Could someone please tell me how that would be done, is it painted on the wall with a stencil or is it something they have made and stuck to the wall.

[ricosg11]

It is a woodblock/lino cut, hand printed on paper by swoon stepping on it, and pasted up.

[chrisps303]

ricosg11 said:

It is a woodblock/lino cut, hand printed on paper by swoon stepping on it, and pasted up.

Thanks for that but what is a woodblock/lino cut?

[sputnikeye]

Basically a stencil in wood or lino ( a thick linoleum)

[buster]

chrisps303 said:

ricosg11 said:

It is a woodblock/lino cut, hand printed on paper by swoon stepping on it, and pasted up.

Thanks for that but what is a woodblock/lino cut?

old lino or veneered wood is drawn on, then anything not coloured in can be cut to produce something like a big relief stamp which is then inked and the paper laid on top ( or inked and pressed down onto the paper). New lino is crap as its too thin and doesn't have the hessian reinforcment to hold it togeather. Some lovely woodblock stuff on the aquarium site, the scenes of london devistation ( cant remember if its billy childish or Donwood)

[chrisps303]

Excellent, thanks for that.

[buster]

chrisps303 said:

Excellent, thanks for that.

try it with old, thick /posh lino and a sharp blade its like grown up potato prints, great fun.

[numusic]

tenmen said:

AS I GET EVERYTHING I HAVE ENDED UP WITH A SPARE ONE OF THESE, I PICKED UP 3 ONE 4 ME, 2 FOR FRIENDS & THE ONE FREND HAS PASSED AS HE THINKS ITS s**t.

ITS £140PLUS POSTAGE ( WHAT IT COST + DONATION I MADE WHICH I CAN PROVE)

SEND ME A MESSAGE AND I WILL PICK ONE OUT THE HAT - NOT 1ST COME SERVED IF I DONT LIKE THE LOOK OF YOU YOU WONT BE GETTIN IT

I WILL REPLY TO THE ONE WHO GETS IT IF I DONT REPLY YOUR FACE DONT FIT ON MY WORLD
JBOY NEED NOT APPLY

OUT.

You sound like a complete t**t, even if I wanted this, there's no fucking way I'd deal with you, doubtful many others would either. p*ick

Night night

[mainartery]

ha ha, nuart heating it up again. Mind you nu, dont blame you +1

[aj]

Nuart mate you said exactly what was going through my mind even before id finished reading swoon boys post. +1

[arcam]

Indeed + 1 Nu...... ;D

[Montubu7]

I have both helena & the recent rockaway on mylar release & am looking for cheap framing solutions for both!

Anyone got any pointers on where i can get these size frames & also whats the best way to frame them , especially the mylar one??


Cheers

[Montubu7]

Oh - size info

14" X 17" Rockaway

8x11" Helena

Anyone with a plan ( a cheap plan!)

[arcam]

Have you received your Rockway print?

[Montubu7]

Aye!

[stuey09]

thomas said:

I have both helena & the recent rockaway on mylar release & am looking for cheap framing solutions for both!

Anyone got any pointers on where i can get these size frames & also whats the best way to frame them , especially the mylar one??


Cheers

Aye up Thomas. Still waiting for mine, so difficult to accurately offer a suggestion at the moment, but you could check out these places for cheap(ish) and effective framing solutions

www.portobelloroad.co.uk/specialist/frames.asp

Also Gary (Misterframeman) is very reasonable considering the incredible job that he does.

Failing that I tend to let my local gallery offer up suggestions and if I agree with them and like the cost, the job's sorted.

Good luck mate

[johnas]

morning T

here's my helena... framed by me for a cost of:

* Solid Oak frame (14" x 11") - 13.99
* Non reflective glass - 4.25
* Mount - free (left over from other framing jobs - but an A1 sheet will cost about £3.50)

frame and glass bought from hobbycraft. www.hobbycraft.co.uk/STOR_MAP/INTRO.htm
def worth checking out for ANYONE that wants cheap framing ideas. DIY is by far cheapest option and really easy to do.

[Montubu7]

Good stuff - cheers!

I want something cheap that will do the job & that looks like it!

[johnas]

btw, they also do 24" x 20" frames (solid oak is £20.99 & non reflect glass is £10.99) that would suit your Rockaway.

i hasten to add that the solid oak frames are the most expensive!

[pezlow]

Is that floating Johnas? How do you fix the print to the mount at the back?

[johnas]

pezlow said:

Is that floating Johnas? How do you fix the print to the mount at the back?

nah it's not floated and I haven't fixed it either, although you can buy acid free, water soluable tape from hobbycraft too for a couple of quid per roll.

i find that the prints actually stay in place if you secure the backing board in securely enough. Beware though that pressing it down too hard may cause the print to ripple. It's all about the 'right' amount of pressure! Obviously though, expensive prints I get professionally framed

for anyone that wants a go at self framing, i recommend buying one of these too, so you can cut your own mounts at home:
www.diyframing.com/store_viewCategory.cfm?CategoryID=16

Here's 7 prints I have done myself, which work out less than £120 total (inc all fixings and non reflective glass). they're all being hung down my staircase this weekend, hence the same frames!

[scavos]

Good for you johnas; they look really great, especially as a 'set' like that.

[Jef Aerosol]

Isn't Swoon an American girl who pastes up cut papers ? I saw some of those works in a book. Like stencils cut in very thin yellow paper and directly pasted up the walls... Is it the same Swoon ? The pieces I see here look very different.