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I have decided that I am going to finally change the WordPress theme for this Studio Diary.

Am just browsing the themes - so look out!!

 

All the content will be the same, they layout will be different & hopefully it will all be done by the end of the weekend.

 

This is what happens when you can't carve for a few days - hopefully though the shoulder pain & neck pain will be a whole lot better. I have so many designs that over the past couple of years I have struggled to try to carve that hopefully I will now be able to finish. So look out for all those new designs and some posters too!!

In the meantime check out my new websites.

Lynette Weir

Soulsongart Tutorials

Flannel Flowers – linocut carving

Spent some of the day finishing carving this new Flannel Flowers linocut design. Twas good & stopped regularly to stretch, rest & do exercises for RSI in shoulder. On to the Powderpuff lily pily design tomorrow!

The trouble with … Lino …

I have recently been working on preparing a couple of my linocut design images for licensing. I usually always scan at 300dpi and keep these large images. I then reduce these to a much smaller 72dpi for web use. I keep all these scans on an external hardrive - backed up with another external and... Continue Reading →

Linocut and Art Tutorials Blog – Carving Linocuts

One of the additional new tutorials over at my Linocut and Art Tutorials Blog – Carving Linocuts – some ideas on keeping the linocut tools & blades sharp…

Keepin’ them sharp – Linocut blades

Lyn's avatarWildflowerings Linocut & Art Tutorials

Essentially the lino blades that you use regardless of brand etc are a metal blade or knife designed as gouges. Continual use of the carving linoblocks will make them blunt and like any knife they need to be maintained and sharpened. this can be a delicate process and has taken me a good while to develop the skill of honing the blade to achieve a good cutting edge for my blades. On the end of each lino blade is a beveled edge that I feel needs to be maintained and kept sharp. You must be careful to not damage this edge nor significantly change the bevel/angle as you sharpen it. Like I said it can be a tricky process. Fortunately for me my Dad is really good at such things and has helped me out. So it may be helpful to find someone experienced with sharpening blades to help you…

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