Pigment print on cotton paper, framed in linden
A4 · A3 · 50 × 70 cm
Generative landscape prints
Landscapes drawn by code, proofed by eye, framed in linden.
Linden Frame is a two-person studio. We write small programs that draw imaginary landscapes, print them with pigment inks on cotton paper, and frame them by hand in pale linden wood, a few at a time.
The studio
Slow, small, and on paper
Every image starts as a few hundred lines of code and a single number, the seed, which decides where each ridge rises and where each river bends. For every print we keep, we look at two or three hundred candidates, and we choose the old way: printed small, pinned to the wall, and looked at for a week.
What survives is proofed at full size on the paper it will be printed on, made in a numbered edition, and framed in our own workshop in moulding cut from linden boards. We don't print on demand and we don't send the framing out. That keeps the batches small, and it means we have looked closely at every print that carries our name.
Current work
Three series
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Ridgelines
Mountain ranges at the edges of the day. Each ridge is a line split and nudged hundreds of times; each step back into the distance is mixed a little further toward the colour of the sky.
View Ridgelines -
River Light
Rivers seen from a low bank in early light, drawn in true perspective so that the bends tighten as they recede. The water is made of thousands of short strokes, a few of them catching the sun.
View River Light -
Winter Fields
Ploughed and snow-covered fields under pale skies. Furrows run to a single point on the horizon; hedgerows are dashed lines with a randomised rhythm, which is what makes them look grown rather than drawn.
View Winter Fields
Notes from the workshop
From the journal
New series are announced in the journal first.