Valentine screenprint offer from Linocutboy

It’s that time of year again! What to give the love of your life? What’s that you say? Chocolates? Roses? A moonlit walk at midnight on a caribbean beach with Nat King Cole playing in the background and fireflies spelling out ‘I love you’ in the air? Noooo! Not original enough! What you need is […]

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Linocuts go global

I’ve had an overwhelming response from Saturday’s Guardian feature. I had around 2500 pageviews over the weekend – not bad for such a niche blog! I’ve also had lots of interest in workshops. Please do get in touch if you are interested in learning linocut or developing your skills. All workshops will take place in […]

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Guardian magazine Linocutboy offer!

Stop the press! Linocutboy featured in The Guardian! I’m very happy and proud to announce that my little blog is featured in this weekend’s Guardian Magazine, that being my newspaper of choice. One of my lovely readers wrote in to the “What I Like” feature (thank you Kerry-Jane!)  You can read her lovely comments on […]

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Interview for Sky Arts

I was just interviewed for Sky Arts. They’re doing a slot about the regeneration of Margate. The interviewer had one bobble on his hat and the sound man had two. Not sure of the significance of this. I will let you know if I make the cut and when it’s on (they said in a […]

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Linocut workshops and other printmaking courses in Margate

I am planning to run a series of linocut workshops and other printmaking workshops like etching and possibly screenprinting over the next year here in Margate. One idea is to run two kinds of printmaking workshops – evening classes for local printmakers and weekend classes for artists from further afield, like London. At the moment […]

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Leeds Print Festival 2012 Just found out about Leeds Print Festival which is on next week. It looks really good! Exhibitions, talks, workshops, open studios and performances… Leeds Print Festival26 – 31 January 2012 Exhibition27th to 31st January 2012 We celebrate the advent of Leeds Print Festival with an exhibition of innovative print works from […]

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Competition – win an original linocut by Nick Morley

I currently have 182 followers (thank you all!) To reach the nice round number of 200 would be lovely so as an extra incentive I am giving you a chance to win an original, signed linocut by my very own hand. All you have to do to win is follow my blog and then add […]

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New Year, new linocut projects

As I begin my first calendar year in Margate I thought I’d write a quick post about my plans for world linocut domination in 2012. To set the scene here is a lovely shot from Margate beach of the Harbour Arm and Turner Contemporary. Having established that Margate is, indeed, a lovely and exciting place […]

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Hitchcock’s Vertigo – linocut book cover illustration for BFI

I’ve just finished a book cover design of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo for the BFI (British Film Institute). It is part of a series of books on 100 classic films which they are re-publishing this year with new covers by invited artists. Vertigo book cover – detail I had never seen Vertigo, and the only other […]

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Hitchcock’s Vertigo – Linocut book cover design for BFI

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