It’s time for R.L.’s BELIEVE ME OR NOT!! The Guinness Book of World Records lists three printmaking categories on its website.
There are two separate categories for Giant Relief Prints. The Largest Woodblock Print was created in 2004 by 334 German children, under the auspices of a marketing firm called Richarz Kommunikation. It had a total area of 3,720 square feet, which is only about eleven square feet per child, so it’s not that impressive.
The Longest Woodblock Print was the 2007 MFA thesis of Christopher Brady. This print measured in just shy of 282 feet. Apparently that was big enough to secure Chris a spot on the “Immense Prints” panel at CAA last year, so not too shabby! Still, if you’re looking to make a name for yourself, there may be room for improvement.
On the other hand, it seems unlikely that you’ll ever top The Largest Single Printed Lithograph. Mario Derra constructed his matrix inside a quarry in Germany in 2008.
This record may never be beaten, unless some Bavarian supervillain decides to rent out his quarry headquarters.
i was kind of hoping you were joking about the immense prints panel.. sigh.
also, nice job finally finding something in common between germany and mississippi- who knew?
I do not want to even THINK about sponging that quarry.