Tag Archives: printmaking

A New Design for Lino

I’m teaching a short workshop on linocut printing later this week and I’ve been working on a new design. It’s in Miniprint format, 10 x 10 cms and at that size, it needs to be kept fairly simple, especially for beginners. I’ve started with a photo of our Little Bill, the rescue cat, and shovedContinue reading “A New Design for Lino”

Birds And Rubbish

I’ve been sorting out my files and I came across some birds I painted in acrylic paint onto clear acetate for a screenprint project a while back, and also a scan of some old fruit netting that I was going to throw away in the rubbish. I’m thinking about how to use them in someContinue reading “Birds And Rubbish”

Anger Is An Energy…

I’ve done a small series of art on postcards for an exhibition coming up soon. I cut this little lino block a while back, inspired by lyrics from the song “Rise” by the band Public Image Ltd. “Anger Is An Energy” is also the title of John Lydon‘s autobiography. I was in a dark placeContinue reading “Anger Is An Energy…”

Herstory: Kollwitz

I’ve been playing with my linocut blocks, some postcards and bits of shiny foil. I’ve combined my “Herstory” block with my small portrait block of the late German Expressionist artist Kathe Kollwitz. It’s getting harder to find coloured foils for the chine collé these days. Many sweet (candy) manufacturers have switched to plastic. Ychafi !!!

Re-Cluttering?!

A few years ago, before Covid, I was on a decluttering rampage and gave away these traditional Asian woodblocks because, to tell the truth, I never used them. Then the person I gave them to went on a decluttering rampage recently and asked if I wanted them back. I said “Oh go on then” becauseContinue reading “Re-Cluttering?!”

#Caturday Silhouette 18: Mari Lwyd Again.

It’s #Caturday Saturday again and this week I have put the positive silhouette of Our Bill (the rescue cat) onto a rough proof print of my latest Mari Lwyd linocut. I find that with traditional grey lino, it can take one or two attempts to get a good print from a newly cut block, soContinue reading “#Caturday Silhouette 18: Mari Lwyd Again.”

#Caturday Silhouette 17: The Mari Lwyd

It’s #Caturday Saturday again and this week I have put the negative silhouette of Our Bill (the rescue cat) onto a rough proof print of my latest Mari Lwyd linocut. My eyes keep flickering back and forth between the cat and the eye of the Mari. Weird!

Three Places At Once!

I’m really chuffed that I currently have screenprints in three group exhibitions across South Wales, in Aberdare, Neath and Swansea. “Women & The Valleys” in the Cynon Valley Museum and Gallery runs until March 30th – Aberdare is a great town for a day out. “Miners Imprint” at Queen Street Gallery is open until MarchContinue reading “Three Places At Once!”