Linocut, 7 x 15cm approx. After the test print I noticed she has a nosebleed. Maybe this is a long lost part of that Lincolnshire folk tale about roses drinking blood.
Midsummer 2020
Category: Linocut
Whether…
I enjoyed cutting a little raincloud lino block. For once, patchy inking helped the image to shine!
Full Cold Moon
Linocut on Japanese paper, 12 x 12 cm.
Full cold moon; a time when we’re naturally accelerated, energy is flowing and things will naturally come to a conclusion. Time to consider that ridiculous ten year project which we can now let go of.
Today’s full moon coincides with a general election. There was a double rainbow in the sky when I went out to vote.
Unicorn
Test printing some little postcards. Were we promised unicorns as part of the Brexit outcome? Nobody can remember…
Breton dancers
Linocut, 10 x 5.5cm. Linseed ink on Japanese paper.
Circuit around the sun
After a lot of dithering I’ve printed a couple of birthday cards that might dry in time for the post collection.
I did like the idea of the time whizzing around the universe… Maybe later…
Swans
I saw a group of swans chasing each other on the Mill Pond near Pembroke castle. One rescued another from the violent attentions of a third swan. Third swan floated away looking reasonably dignified. Then the first two stroked their necks together and caressed in a heart shape.
From my scruffy sketches and some blurry photos I cut a lino block. I wasn’t pleased with it, put it aside and didn’t see it again for about five years.
Made some test prints, it’s not that bad really.
Hands
Test prints
Two small lino blocks (10 x 10cm and 10 x 8cm). I found a battered piece of Japanese paper to test them on, maybe the creases will smooth out later.
Optimism
A small print (A6 postcard) that involved a lot of cutting. The background wasn’t planned but cutting lines into lino gets quite mesmerising.
berry daines 