No Niquita - gets momentum

For No Niquita's momentum , look here (Blog1), here (Blog2) and here (Anoixti Poli).

Street Linocut C - third "No Niquita" wave

Preparation for the third wave of No Niquita linocut (hanged to dry), just 5 days before Municipal and Prefecture elections.

Finances: the second "No Niquita" wave, was printed with oil based colors (cost 'bout 4 euro per tube), what i did different this time was i bought instead a box of oil based blue color made for coloring wood surfaces indoors.
• Unfortunately, the color being more fluid, needed more attention, and a lesser quantity applied on the roller to protect the etched surface from being flooded.
• Another problem with the new color was that once printed the used materials needed much more effort to get cleaned, and there is a possible small hidden cost about it, more detergent or/and use of white spirit for instance.
• The good thing about it was, on the other hand, that you get the quantity of a small bottle of water in color with just 5 euro cost. Which is enough for LOTS of prints (and i really mean LOTS!!!!). Another good thing is that it dried in only 12 hours instead of the 1-2 days needed with the tube oil color.
• Final oppinion: I know i'll use it again... sure i'll use it again but with better timeline... its a pitty to waste the big ammount of time required for cleaning, to print only (as is the case) a dozen. It's good but for bigger quantities... depending the First Sunday's election's results, i'll might print a forth wave for next week, but surely in more copies... 20-30... to make it worth the effort.

OOOPS: On the left you can see some of the copies hand printed with the "N" upsidedown... wow collectibles : )

Niquita - Stenciled

New "NO NIQUITA", 2 - layer stencil. Wheatpaste preparation for next night out.

Night out 7 - Niquita Blitz

Looking for the perfect place to display my two last No Niquita street-linocuts, one from series A and one from series B.

Started wheatpasting near Niquita's elections kiosk... then thoght... who's ever gonna notice it with all those lights near it...

Oh this is in front of the exit of Gkazi metro station. And yeah, people did notice, stopped near by, discussed and laughed about it.

P.S.: It seems "No Niquita started moving amongst bloggers" (we're one week before elections)

Night out 6b

Night out 6a - Street linocuts

Kill Bees2 - A view to a kill

The man with ha gun strikes back... Machis Analatou str.

Street Linocut B - Blue "No Niquita"

"No Niquita" - Street Linocut version b (17 copies). This time in Blue and oil-based Blockprint colors.

Problems with Wheatpaste and linocut consist in the fact that Wheatpaste dissolves blockprint - water based colors.
Experimenting I found out that blockprint OIL-BASED colors instead won't dissolve, while pose no problem in the transfer process from lino to paper.
The only trouble is they need much more time to dry... a 24hour drying is advised...
Another problem is that you'll have trouble cleaning both your ink roller as your ink applying surface, i advice powder detergent, since water alone just like Alcohol or even Acetone won't work.

Night out 5 - Syggroy Blitz

Greek Pension System, Syggrou Blitz.

Night out 4 - Volos

Greek Pension System, Volos Blitz.