Designing – Redesigning and ‘Re-tweeking’ Linocut Designs

Sometimes I do some drawings and leave them in my sketchbooks for later reference. Likewise with some linocut designs - for a number of reasons including not being fully happy with a particular design I will set them aside. In the case of two new designs this is what happened. I had worked up both... Continue Reading →

November 12, 2010 4

and PRINTED!!! Linocuts to Linoprints

Just finished printing the last 3 designs I carved. After getting all organised to start early this morning in my old printing clothes I went to the paper drawer to find what I thought was a packet of the particular acid free rag paper was not the one I was using for this particular series....sigh...... Continue Reading →

November 1, 2010 4

Lino carving methods – carving tools and blades

These are the 4 main sizes of blades I use to carve my linoblocks - they are known as 'V' gauges and are blades designed to push away from you whilst you carve. There are other blades known as 'pull' blades designed to pull towards you as you carve - I have never used these.... Continue Reading →

October 27, 2010 0

Currently carving – some of my lino carving methods No. 3

This is the final result of the carving!! It is the most tedious section of the carving but it means that essentially I will gain the neatest and cleanest edge so that when I roll the ink over the uncarved remaining raised areas of the lino block the ink if applied carefully, evenly and in... Continue Reading →

October 26, 2010 0

Currently carving – some of my lino carving methods No. 2

Just an update on the progress of the carving of this current design - Australian Rainforest Wildflowers. The first image is the one from yesterdays carving showing the outlines of the spaces I wish to carve out ie. the areas I wish to be white in the black and white print and later handcoloured with... Continue Reading →

October 18, 2010 2

Currently carving – some of my lino carving methods No.1

These are the 3 current designs I am trying to finish carving. Actually I HAVE finished carving 2 of these. You can see some images of these linoblocks below - I only have to trim the edges on them. What you will notice is the 2 different types of lino I have used. The reddy... Continue Reading →

October 16, 2010 2

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