After completing the linocut then the framing decision had to be made. This is always a tricky and very subjective issue. People can get very 'iffy' about what frames are used and what one person likes another doesn't. Framing also seems to go in 'fads' from large ornate timber to gold frames to timber etc.... Continue Reading →
Designing Linocuts – Tasmanian Christmas Bells
Earlier this year I was asked to complete a small linocut of Tasmanian Christmas Bells. Fortunately I had taken some photos a long time ago of the Blandfordia punicea and have in my garden grown the local NSW Christmas Bells Blandfordia nobilis and Blandfordia grandiflora. I had previously completed a small linocut of the NSW... Continue Reading →