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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

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

Over the next few blog posts I would like to share with you how I develop a project over time - in this case, a linocut of the daisies which spring to life in abundance along the edges of the fields locally in late summer.  Here's some photos of them - they really have the feel good factor, don't they?!... View more