Woodcut & linocut, hand‑pulled

What's raised takes the ink.

A working record of relief prints — blocks cut, inked, and pulled one sheet at a time. Small editions, visible tool marks, no two pulls quite the same.

Prints The process
Pua Kala linocut print, a hibiscus flower over a red and yellow sun
Pua Kala Linocut · Ed. of 10

Selected Work — 08 Prints

Recent editions

About

A Print Recipe

Galen Maynard is a relief printmaker based in West Seattle, working in woodcut and linocut, carving each block by hand before pulling small editions by hand or on a Stark Press SPC-1224 S1 tabletop etching press. The work often draws from sketches in nature journal entries alongside whimsical birds dressed in jaunty outfits — printed mostly in black or with a limited additional palette, and occasionally tinted with watercolor once the ink has dried.

Editions are small and pulled with care, so registration, pressure, and paper all leave their trace. No two prints in an edition are perfectly identical.

Method — four steps, more or less
  • 01 — Draw

    Sketch & transfer

    The image is drawn, then transferred to the block face in reverse.

  • 02 — Cut

    Carve the relief

    Any negative space is cut away, leaving the image standing in relief.

  • 03 — Ink

    Roll the block

    Cranfield Safewash oil-based ink is rolled evenly across the raised surface.

  • 04 — Pull

    Press & pull

    Paper is laid down, burnished by hand or run through the press, then peeled back to reveal the print.