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The value of visually recording your experiences Throughout my life, I've recorded my experiences by maintaining a sketchbook or creating works of art at that time. It's such a powerful, positive, helpful process. What is created is both an expression of yourself and the subject you are capturing. Because of the level of effort you have to put in -... View more

Today is a blog post for fellow printmakers! It is about the importance of making use of texture in linocuts, especially if it is a one colour linocut.  Texture adds interest and realism.  You can create texture by using different sized tools. Here are some of my tools here. You can see they have different size cutting grooves. Using a variety of... View more

My primary reason for NOT looking for artistic inspiration on the internet is to keep my design ideas pure. (I know - this sounds pompous!  But it's true.) I want my ideas to be derived solely from my imagination as far as possible. Over time, I have developed my own particular aesthetic, as you can see from my swallow print... View more