Broadmoor

Gordon Louis Mortensen

Gordon Mortensen commented on the reduction woodcut process he uses: "Only one woodblock is used. On it an image is drawn in India ink. Before the first color is printed, any areas that are to remain unprinted (white or the color of the paper) are cut away from the surface of the block. Then an oil base ink is used to print the first color on all of the sheets of paper that are to be used for the edition and proofs.

After the first printing the block is again cut, removing any surface of the block that is to remain the first color in the finished print. After each subsequent color is printed, the block is cut, the process continues until the print is finished and most of the surface of the block is cut away."

Broadmoor is a small unincorporated enclave in Daly City in San Mateo County, south of San Francisco, California. It was originally home to the Ohlone Indians, then a farming community and was built up to house returning veterans in 1947. It has remained independent of Daly City, which surrounds it.