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Little Girl on Christmas Morning

Little Girl on Christmas Morning

Happy New Year everyone!  I hope you all had an enjoyable festive season.  Today and next week, I wanted to feature how I created this year's Christmas card.  It is a combined linocut and collograph print of my little girl and terrier inspecting her stocking on Christmas morning. I wanted to go through how I produced this black linocut and... View more
Printing up Bumblebee Linocuts

Printing up Bumblebee Linocuts

Last week, I described the process behind cutting out the linocut blocks for my two colour print of bumble bees.  You can see my it above, a yellow block followed by a black block, printed onto handmade paper with petals embedded into it.  This week, I'm going to describe the different stages of printing it up. You can see here... View more
Cutting Out Bumble Bees

Cutting Out Bumble Bees

Last week, I discussed the development of an illustration - this is a relatively quick project to do, and usually you have a result at the end of a few hours.  It is completely different when you are making a multi coloured linocut - this process usually unfolds over a number of months.  Today, I'm going to share the steps... View more