Category: Linocutting Blog
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NHS Postcode Lottery
Time for the yearly video about Parkinson’s disease. This one is about the NHS postcode lottery for whether you have to pay for your meds or not. Jonny Acheson organised and created the video asnd says it better than me, Well done Jonny: “NHS prescriptions in the UK is a lottery. England is the only Read more
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The Frustration of Reduction Lino Printing and it’s impressive results – A Tutorial.
A little while since my last post, life…. This part blog and mostly Lino print tutorial. Reduction printing is a way of making lino prints with colour. You start with your print and use a light colour. Then carve out some of the details and use a darker colour and print again in the same Read more
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I’m selling art in the Norwich Undercroft Next Week!
This week from Wednesday I and lots of other artists will be selling some of our work both old and new. There will be bargains and lots of interesting work come down and see us in the Undercroft in Norwich. https://www.instagram.com/norwichartmart Read more
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Quick prints – a Gargoyle and a Lemur
I’m doing a really long print at the moment so I’ve taken some time out to do some smaller work – quick prints!. There is a gargoyle perched and ready to fly and a lemur watching the tourists go by. I’ve used offcuts of lino and chosen pictures to fit the offcut. So the gargoyle Read more
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Print press
I’ve just bought a print press to make the actual process of printing easier and quicker. It amazing how much more reliable the process is with one. Once you’ve got used to it the images are crisper and more reliable. They are quite pricey but should be a one of purchase and last for ever. Read more
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Lino Print Sales! -Starting to make headway with the Etsy algorithm
I’ve sold a couple of pieces over the last month on Etsy, which is really pleasing. I think I’m finally getting on top of the algorithm so hopefully there will be a few more lino print sales as Christmas approaches. I’ve also signed up for some craft markets in the New Year. These come with Read more
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Fixing lino prints.
I made a beautiful sketch of the Japanese Bridge in Hoi An and thought it would make a great lino print. I planned it all out and carved it into lino but I didn’t think about the contrast. In the picture above there is a white wall but this didn’t work well in a black Read more
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How I feel at the moment, shown as a print.
Slow and broken like this tortoise. This is a lino cut of a tortoise from the dionosaur park in Lenwade. It’s back legs don’t work so they gave it wheels. It potters around contentedly eating grass. This was a quick print for a bit of fun rather than anything serious but subconsiously it represents how Read more
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The Parky Charter
The Parkie CharterMovers and Shakers – I will survive. Parkinson’s disease. https://www.moversandshakerspodcast.com/podcast The Movers and Shaker’s podcast is trying to get better care for Parkinson’s Disease sufferers with a ‘Parky Charter’. They have adapted ‘I will survive’ to help raise awareness. Currently there are huge delays in diagnosis and review for Parkinson’s disease. The numbers Read more
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I’m back lino print blogging
I’ve not blogged in awhile. I’ve been on holiday and also making new pages for the website so there’s a new front page and gallery page. There’s also a shop page that features some of my work as well as the etsy page. Busy times. I’ve managed to sort out google indexing so the page Read more
