Michael: Merry Christmas!

My first attempt at letterpress. Freeform Victorian woodblock type, printed in green and red, A5 image size printed on A4 paper.

Printed at Ink Spot Press in Brighton.

Sheri - Art & Craft Market

On Sunday I'll have a stand at The Craft Collective's Art & Craft Market, at Caterham School. I've been busy mounting some paintings and drawings and shall be making the final selection tonight and tomorrow.

The market will have some super work,very diverse - glass, ceramics, textiles, paintings. If you can spare the time, pop over for a cup of something hot and a bit of crafty Christmas shopping.

Michael: Reduction linocut, final stage

A final layer of dark green ink over the shadow areas completes the print.



Six stage reduction linocut, 10 x 10cm.

Michael: Reduction linocut, stage 5

A darker green layer over the previous layers. Nearly there.

Michael: Reduction linocut, stage 4

A small change: I printed a grey-purple shadow area just on the edge of the road, using a mask to keep the rest of the image unaffected.

Michael: Reduction linocut, stage 3

The sky is finished, so that's all cut away; I also cut away some more details of the hedges and fields, and then printed the block in green.

Michael: Reduction linocut, stage 2

Second layer, and already the picture is quite detailed. Another gradient blend: darker shade of blue down to a bright green.