Posts on ‘November 13th, 2009’

I’ve just revived an old linocut that I had abandoned, because it looked over-busy and confusing, by turning it into a colour print. As you can see the colours really differentiate different elements in the picture and make it much easier to look at. image size (w x h) – 210mm x 300mm technique – [...]

This was my first experiment with colour and reduction block printing. I cut the white lines first and printed the block in green ink, then I cut out the areas I wanted to remain green and printed the block in black. The white lines are crisp which shows that the registration is good.  As the [...]

This was one of the first blocks where I cut out the black line, rather than cutting the subject in white line. The design started from the three partings at the top. The symmetry of the picture is very satisfying. This image was used by the West Cork women’s project in their newsletter, ‘The West [...]