A new monochrome linocut print, carved and printed last weekend and finally cut to size and framed this week. It’s sized 5″ x 7″ and printed on a pale purple card. The image is based on a photo of Louise Brooks. Brooks fascinates me. Her life story is a perfect tragic […]
I’ve neglected the blog lately as there’s been so much going on at work and at home. Last Sunday, however, I managed to find some time to do some printing. Pictured below is the end result. It’s a four-colour linocut print, size 4″ x 6″. I’m new to working with multiple colours /
Courtesan linocut print inspired by Harunobu Read More »
Me and my team mates at work are in the process of organising a charity craft, cake and plant fair. All proceeds from the fair will be donated to two cancer charities nominated by a colleague who is currently undergoing treatment for cancer. The fair isn’t until the 16th August
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Happy Easter everyone, here is the little chick print I created for my Easter cards this year. and here are the cards I made – lined up on my fireplace to dry post printing.
Happy Easter – cheep cheep! Read More »
I haven’t posted lately as me and Phil have been in Cornwall for the past week, sans wi-fi. Today, however, I managed to get time for printing & to update the blog. Below are some new prints – printed this morning – of Kyoko Otonashi from Rumiko Takahashi’s manga series
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A simple monochrome linocut print, in purple, based on Liu Ye’s 2008 painting Going. The original is below (image from Sperone Westwater, click the image to visit the site):
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Here’s my completed Regular Show print featuring Mordecai & Rigby. There’s two of them for twice the effect!
I’m away from home for a conference on behalf of work this week. Unfortunately the conference is at Stansted airport so there’s no opportunity for sightseeing/shopping, although the hotel serves waffles & maple syrup for breakfast so it’s not all bad;) I brought along lots of linocutting supplies on the off chance
Hotel room linocutting Read More »
Phil spent this Sunday helping his mom buy and set-up a new TV, which gave me time to get a few jobs done at home. Now that the weather has improved (hopefully) I thought it was time to start planting some vegetables. I made a start today by planting a
Printing and potatoes Read More »