Posts from ‘November, 2009’

I was watching Wonderland on television and it reminded me of this print. I didn’t learn to swim until I was an adult and then I used to go for a swim everyday at the Imperial Hotel in Torquay. The ‘Imperial Ladies’ are the dedicated swimmers that I used to see in the pool there. [...]

This is one of a series of cuts illustrating fairy tales. I think the design is reminiscent of Russian folk art and I like how the design is entirely contained within her cape. I wanted to cut it as if it was a piece of needlework. The gold ink is incredible to print with, as [...]

I’ve just been looking at a book called ‘The African Dream’ about the life and work of John Muafangejo. I am always bowled over by the immediacy and vibrancy of his cuts; lots of appealing black and white shapes and pattern also. I cut this partridge in a pear tree several years ago after discovering [...]

At the moment I’m experimenting with some multi-block prints. I’m working on a series of prints involving buildings as background with imaginary, long, tall people arranged over them. The building in this design is based on the wonderful 5-storey town houses in Amsterdam. Inspiration for the girl is drawn from some of Stig Lindberg‘s amazing [...]

I cut this for my husband, because he is a fungus fiend. Everything in the picture is mushroom-shaped. I think the composition works well. image size (w x h) – 150mm x 300mm technique – linocut edition size – 10 paper – Somerset

I really like this ‘Adam and Eve’  design. The idea was to have two sculptural forms that look as if they are sculpted from two blocks of stone. Appendages from each figure reach across and link the two. image size (w x h) – 150mm x 210mm technique – linocut edition size – 5 paper [...]

The Goat Walk is a raised footpath that runs from the end of The Strand to Elm Grove Road beside the Exe estuary in Topsham, Devon. I have gone for many Sunday walks along this path and so I decided to use it as one of my first experiments with landscape. I wanted to incorporate pattern [...]