Hand-carved linocut animation

Mark sez, "This printed linomation (hand carved animation using Linoleum prints), was done using 296 individual pieces of carved linoleum which are 10 cm square each. This is a project for The Art of Lost Words. It's all about words in the English language and artists' interpretations of words that are not used so much anymore, and there are some pretty strange ones. I chose the word dehisce from a list of .ost words. 'Dehisce' means 'release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound.' It's made to a loop so it can go on forever! For YouTube I decided to loop it three times to show the gist of the looping. My friend Adam Dedman created the sound for the linomation."

Dehisce Linomation Print - Hand Carved Animation (Thanks, Mark!)

[#1 posted by SassafrassWinterSolstice, March 30, 2009 10:33 AM]

I've admired this piece of animation since I had first seen it on YouTube about a week or two ago. One of the most impressive facts about this creation is the amount of time and dedication that Mark Andrew Webber had exerted. Can you imagine spending 500 hours gouging small pieces of linoleum to make such a short animation?

This was truly a labor of love.

A little further research has revealed that the exhibit "The Art of Lost Words" had used the proceeds from sales of the artwork to benefit the National Literacy Trust. What more can you ask for?: smart conceptualized theme, wonderful execution on Mr. Webber's part, and such an important charity being supported.

[#2 posted by technogeek, March 30, 2009 10:49 AM]

Very pretty work. The sketches would work by themselves, but going through the extra step of making lino cuts out of them and printing the frames gives a nice texture to the image.

FWIW, the only reason I know this particular word is that, for a while, Peachtree Software was advertising their products with a blushing (as in embarrassed) peach and the catchphrase "We're positively indehisciant!" (I may have misspelled that, but you get the idea.) Eye-catching and memorable.

[#3 posted by Frederico Freitas, March 30, 2009 10:50 AM]

This is an amazing animation! Ten years ago I worked on an similar animation for a brazilian tv channel. Check it out:

http://www.vimeo.com/3250197

[#4 posted by urshrew, March 30, 2009 10:52 AM]

@#1

Yeah, I wanted to say the exact same thing, print is such a hard medium, to do this and do it well is very admirable.

[#5 posted by urederra, March 30, 2009 11:12 AM]

Dehisce' means 'release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound.

I wouldn't call dehisce an English lost word. It comes from latin: dehiscere to split open. And it is widely used in botany, and in other latin based languages.

[#6 posted by urederra, March 30, 2009 11:13 AM]

... oh, I forgot. Pretty animation. I liked it.

[#7 posted by Antinous / Moderator, March 30, 2009 12:16 PM]

When your abdominal incision pops open and your guts spill out, it's called a wound dehiscence.

[#8 posted by DSMVWL THS, March 30, 2009 12:20 PM]

Amazing. I've wondered before if anyone had ever tried this. Nice to see it done, and done well.

[#9 posted by HOTDAMN, March 30, 2009 12:27 PM]

I'd love to see it in higher quality. On youtube it looks like it could have been done with sharpies.

[#10 posted by jfrancis, March 30, 2009 1:09 PM]

Reminds me of an HBO pilot from the late 90's

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22NY+artist+Peter+Kuper%22+%22HBO+pilot%22&btnG=Search

[#11 posted by ToddBradley, March 30, 2009 3:55 PM]

I hear this "lost word" - "dehisce" - more than most, because I have a rare inner ear disorder called superior semi-circular canal dehiscence. In short, part of my inner ear has burst open, releasing material into the brain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_canal_dehiscence

[#12 posted by andyhavens, March 30, 2009 6:45 PM]

Crazy beautiful. Mad, mad respect.

[#13 posted by Dedalus, March 30, 2009 10:32 PM]

thank god that the appreciation of art is swinging back towards "the work that went into it" and not the cheap gloss of mass production (does that even need to be said?) artists, get off ur computers - and start bleeding for your work again!!!!!!!
"we" would like to see more of this (hard work, the blood is nice but optional)

[#14 posted by dexter121uk, March 31, 2009 2:04 AM]

Cheers for the comments!. Yea Blood literally did flow, i cut myself a number of times, ahh.. here is the time lapse of it being carved:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b8XkTdFHlY

hopefully i will do more, though i have a few other projects that need completing before another one is done. CHEEERS!.

[#15 posted by Dedalus, March 31, 2009 4:51 AM]

cheers urself - totally rocks - let me kno if u need any help ;)