I have finally finished carving the linoleum blocks for the "Tawny Expressions" linocut print. They are smaller blocks but a lot of smaller complex carving with the No 1 blade so fiddly and time consuming. Carving larger expanses of open "white" space is far quicker and a bit more dramatic really. So here they all... Continue Reading →
Artists Lino and Linocut design…Thinking outside the square.
Just a quick thought - often we approach design for linocuts with the thought in the back of our mind of the standard sizes of the linoleum blocks - squares of 15cm x 15cm or 30cm x 30cm. So we design accordingly to these 'specifications'. I found it immensely liberating when I bought my first... Continue Reading →