A sneak peak of something new! Transferring my sketch to the lino block.
This piece will combine letterpress with linocut and the extra mental acrobatics involved in that is keeping me on my toes.
#linocut #printmaking #novascotiaartist
More ultramarine!
I am working on a letterpress-linocut piece that I want to print in ultramarine. When I went to get ultramarine ink, it was only be available in very large tins. So, now I am playing around with old blocks to see how they look in blue.
#printmaking #linocut
Bittersweet
4" x 4" Linocut
#printmaking #linocut #reliefprinting
Winterberry
4" x 4" linocut
#printmaking #linocut #reliefprinting #winterberry
A plant that crackles and pops! Jewelweed was our latest interviewee in the Wild Talk outdoor studio. With an original print by the marvellous @vanessa_mckiel
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@lunenburgbarnacle #nativeplants #jewelweed #fallcolours #naturewriting
Lovely!! Congrats!
It has been almost a full cycle of Wild Talk. And we have a real *treasure* of a plant coming up in Oct! With original linocuts from the inimitable @vanessa_mckiel. @lunenburgbarnacle www.thebarnacle.ca/tag/wild-talk/
#naturewriting #nativeplants #naturalizedplants #ediblewildplants #weedsnotlawns
and every week!
"Front Harbour with Fishes"
23" x 23" hand-coloured linocut with letterpress chine-collee is off to a new home!
#linocut #printmaking #printmaker
Tiny little prints on scraps of paper!
#queenanneslace #linocut #printmaking
"Front Harbour with Fishes"
23x23" hand-coloured linocut with letterpressed chine colle
is now front stage at the Lunenburg Art Gallery and I am so honoured and grateful!
#printmaking #linocut #novascotiaartist
I am back from a fabulous 2 week artist residency on Nova Scotia's Brier Island. I was able to print 2 big linocuts (23x23") and now am happily hand-colouring fields of wildflowers. #linocut #printmaking #reliefprinting
The first ten (of 25) are finished!
'Cod's eye view'
12x12" hand-coloured linocut with letterpress chine colle
#linocut #printmaking
Woohoo!! My 24x24" image has been transferred to the linoleum block and I am carving!
#printmaker #linocut #linogravure #xilografia #novascotiaartist #reliefprint
I am excited that my idea to letterpress onto red tissue paper before gluing it on to the print seems to have worked. This technique is called chine colle, but I will have to call this letterpress chine collee!
#linocut #printmaking #letterpress #chinecolle
More newborn prints! Finally finished carving a 12x12" lino and spent the day pulling prints. Once these have dried I will be painting the town!
#linocut #printmaking
When you think you are paying attention and your test print confirms that you actually were not!
It's taken a long time but my tiny books are nearly there. Just printing the covers and then binding.
#letterpress #linocut #printmaking
Some progress on the work in progress!
#printmaking #linocut
New work in progress!
This is a 12x12" study for the larger 24x24" linocut I am planning.
#printmaking #reliefprint #linocut #linogravure #xilografia #novascotiaartist #oldtownlunenburg
Newborn prints!
Nova Scotia's provincial flower should be blooming in a month or so.
Mayflowers 4x4" linocut
#printmaker #linocut #linogravure #novascotiaartist #mayflowers #trailingarbutus
And sometimes, spring in Nova Scotia moves so slowly that it seems to go backwards! A sugar snow covered everything last night. Luckily, snowdrops have antifreeze proteins and can create their own heat.
#flowerpower #novascotiaspring
Spring in Nova Scotia is never in a hurry, but it is here! One day I might make a linocut inspired by these images.
#printmaker #novascotiaspring
The spring rains have turned the lungwort lichen its lovely bright green!
Lungwort lichen 4x4" linocut
#printmaking #linocut #lichen #novascotiaartist
The snowdrops are finally emerging in my yard and my snowdrop prints are nearly finished too! I printed some with sepia ink and some with green -- not sure which I like better! Do you have a preference?
#printmaking #linocut #snowdrops
Learning Letterpress:
1. Old school: type is set and ready to ink for a test proof
2. New school: take a photo on a smart phone and flip it :)
I am sure it will get easier but it is remarkable how many typos you can make when you think you are being careful
#letterpress
