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Last week, I wrote the first of two blog posts of how I created this Christmas print, of my little girl and her beloved terrier on Christmas morning.  I described how I created a linocut to produce the black outline.  In this blog post, I will detail how I made a collograph for the red textured background. I took the... View more

In this blog post, you can read about the process of creating a collograph.  I have used this technique in many of my handmade prints - most recently, as part of my Parakeet and Cherry Blossom Statement Print.  The cherry blossom tree in grey and pink is a collagraph, and perfectly compliments the green parakeet linocuts.  Collographs are a brilliant... View more

Collograph printing is a really fun technique - and you can create a collograph plate from discarded items you will have in the house - all that matters is that they have an interesting texture!  After a holiday in Portugal where there was a beautiful carp pond at the place we stayed, I felt inspired to make a print of... View more