I’ve been working on a new series of linocut (well, vinyl) prints for an exhibition coming up at Oriel Ceri Richards later this month, a group exhibition with the 15 Hundred Lives art collective. Each print will be in 2 colours on white, using Japanese Hosho paper and Intaglio Printmakers relief inks.
I printed the last of the 12 blocks today with the first colour, a mid grey, down at Swansea Print Workshop.
Next, I’ll cut away the grey areas and print the second colour, black. That’ll have to wait until tomorrow.
I am using the antique Victorian Colombian Press and I’ll be printing each in editions of 15. I love working with such old machinery. The Victorians didn’t stint on the decoration, it’s beautiful as well as functional. It’s also idiosyncratic and a bit fickle to use, but so would I be if I were that old 🙂



Is this based on the Berlin memorial?
Yes, the whole body of work has been inspired by a visit to Berlin in the snow 🙂