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Making the Magpie Silver reduction linocut

One for sorrow Two for joy Three for a girl and Four for a boy Five for silver Six for gold Seven for a secret never told Eight's a...

Jan 12, 20221 min read

Up Early

Up and out early. Taking some photos/researching some ideas for the background of a couple of new prints. A crisp morning. The peril from...

Jan 1, 20221 min read

Happy New Year!

When I design a linocut I often take the elements of the design, cut them up and rearrange them till I'm happy. It's only another step to...

Mar 12, 20212 min read

Winter Pinecone...another varied edition.

The process of reduction linocut printing is very unforgiving. Once a slither of lino is cut it is almost impossible to put it back. The...

Jan 24, 20211 min read

Snowy morning in the Beacons

This morning. Not as much snow as hoped but enough to make you look at the landscape in a different way. Got lost looking for a new path...

Jan 15, 20211 min read

Art inspires Art

a trickster's tale this wintertide fox prowls unflurried in snow's drifts nose to the scent trails scaped against the land cast in silent...