Cindi Lauper
I see your true colors, and that’s why I love you.
My 2025 NY card is printed from metal type and hand-carved linoleum blocks in 6 passes. The metal type is printed with a 3 color split fountain. The 5 passes that make up Cindi’s face are carved from 2 linoleum blocks; passes 1,2, 5 and 6 were reduced on one block, and a second block was used for her eye makeup, which was hand-inked used brayers/ink rollers.
The 4th color pass, carved from a reduction cut lino-block is a 2 color split fountain. The 3rd color pass and a second lino-block was used to print the eye makeup. The ink on this plate was hand-brayered on (you can also see passes 1 and 2 here.) The text was printed from metal type in a 3 color split fountain.