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I am a professional painter/printmaker offering affordable hand printed linocuts - My linocuts featured in a new book above, "Block Print" by Andrea Lauren. Published by American publisher's Quarto Knows and available to buy from Amazon.

Giuliana Lazzerini
I was born in Tuscany, Italy. I gained a Master of Arts from the Istituto D’Arte Stagio Stagi in Pietrasanta and graduated in painting from the Accademia Di Belle Arti in Carrara. I moved to the UK in 1973 and now have resided in Yorkshire since 1987. I became inspired by art during my childhood, when much of my time was spent in my father’s studio in Italy. “The translucency of mosaic images and the way colours can vibrate against each other always fascinated me”. The Tuscan landscape and my childhood memories bear a strong influence on my artwork and my use of colour plays an important role in conveying emotion in all my subjects.
I have had numerous Solo Exhibitions, amongst them in, Italy, Switzerland, Michigan USA, London, Glasgow, Leeds, Bradford, Doncaster, Durham and York. I have regularly exhibited at the R.I. and R.O.I. at the Mall Galleries, London. My work has been three times finalist in Singer & Friedlander and shown at Discerning Eye Exhibitions. I have also won Awards in Rome, Florence, Forte Dei Marmi, Milan, and the R.I., Mall Galleries, London.
I have in the past had work published by The Art Group in Open Prints and Art Cards, for clients such as; IKEA, W.H.Smiths and Athena. Limited Edition Prints were also published by Hibell Art Japan. Masala Cards in the U.S.A. with Grasshopper Art Cards. Currently with Museums & Galleries Cards in U.K. with Special Occasions & Christmas Art Cards. Also currently with Mistletoe House Cards & Prints, Artfully Walls USA (Anthropologie USA) and Uniek USA. Critical acclaim has come from; Peter Wolland, Antonella Serafini, Robin Stemp, Mary Sara, Edward Gage.

Linocuts

I carve my linocuts and woodcuts by hand and ink them, then individually print them myself on a hand operated printing press, sometimes burnishing them by hand. This process is repeated for every colour needed, as some prints are made of 3 to 4 printing plates. I mix all my inks myself for each batch of prints I make and every print is individually signed by me. Some of my linocuts are also Limited Editions, usually small editions, and not mass produced. The number on the bottom left corner of a print, for example 6/25 would be the sixth print in total edition of 25. After the edition is completed the wood or lino carving plates are destroyed and no more prints will be made. I normally do a few Artist’s Proofs (A.P.) before I start the edition, to try different options. Also some prints are marked E.V. for Edition Varied, so the total number stated will include different colour variations.

A genuine Artist’s Print may be described as follows: “a mechanically reproduced image which has not previously existed independently of the printing process and in whose production the Artist has directly participated.” - Alexander Adams, Printmaking Today, Volume 13, Number 2.

www.giulianalazzerini.com

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