Me and Phil are more than a little obsessed with the cartoon Regular Show. We’ve been working our way through the three series currently being aired on Cartoon Network, and will sadly soon have seen all episodes until series four is aired. If you haven’t seen it, it’s about two […]
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I managed to find the time to carve some images into lino this week. I’m waiting to buy some better inks, but did some tests prints just to check if they needed further work. Here is one of those test prints: This is a picture of the back of a woman,
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I carved a couple of small images in lino on Thursday evening. I carved them sat on the sofa in the living room while watching TV which probably isn’t ideal! I was a bit more careful when I printed them at least. The first image is of a blue jay,
这是我 的作业: 上个星期六早上十点半就 我开车去了Barber Institute美术馆在伯明翰的大学。 我上利诺雕刻印刷的课。 课的话题是中国的艺术, 因为上个星期是中国新年。 我和我的同学去Barber 美术馆看中国的艺术, 然后我们画了一幅图。 我画了福的汉字和梅花盛开。 这是我的印刷！ A more detailed version of this post is available in English, here
I attended a linocut printing workshop at the Barber Institue today (there was an old fashioned gender divide in our house as I did some chores and went to a craft workshop, while Phil went into Liverpool to watch football!). This is the second printing workshop I’ve attended at the Barber. They’re
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A few months ago I attended a linocut printing day class at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, which is based on the University of Birmingham campus (where I also happen to work). The gallery has long been one of my favorites, as it’s collections are relativity small but of a very high
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