Monthly archive: July 2012

Linocut workshop with KALEID editions

Last week I ran a linocut workshop with KALEID editions at The Art Academy in London. The workshop coincided with KALEID 2012, an exhibition and artists’ books fair organised by my good friend and artists’ books guru, Victoria Browne. The event showcased the best books from around Europe and drew a large and enthusiastic crowd. […]

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KALEID 2012 artists books fair here I come!

I’m all ready to head off to London for KALEID 2012 where I will be teaching a linocut workshop and selling my latest book, Onomatopinocchio. There will be 40 other artists from around the UK and Europe selling and exhibiting their artists’ books. Visit the KALEID website for more info. Onomatopinocchio book

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Bick Fill talks about his series of Monster linocuts

Another great video of Bill Fick, this time talking about why he makes linocuts of monsters and people’s preconceptions about what kind of artist would make such images. There’s also some nice footage of him working in the studio. Bill Fick’s linocuts featured in a travelling exhibition I curated over the last year. Most recently […]

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Tom Huck Hillbilly Kama Sutra linocut portfolio

Every once in a while I come across something which totally blows me away (usually on the great blog Printeresting). Tom Huck’s linocut print series ‘The Hillbilly Kama Sutra‘ is one of those things. He describes it as ‘fifteen linoleum cuts, all hillbillies having horrible sex in horrible situations with horrible outcomes’. What more could […]

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Ann Lewis linocut artist

Thanks to Twitter I’ve just come across the linocuts of Ann Lewis. With a limited palette of muted colours she skillfully portrays the Welsh landscape. Her website also has a great page showing the step-by-step process of making a reduction linocut.  Cwm Idwal – o’r A5 linocut     Nant y Mynydd linocut (5 colour) […]

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Paul Catherall Linocuts of London

Anyone who lives in London is probably familiar with the linocuts of Paul Catherall. His stylised images of iconic London landmarks have appeared on Transport for London posters and are sold in some of the capital’s major museum shops. An exhibition of Paul’s London linocuts will be showing at Paul McPherson Gallery in Greenwich from 23 […]

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KALEID 2012 Artists Book Fair and Exhibition

KALEID 2012 Artists Book Fair and Exhibition takes place in London next Saturday, 21st July. I am delighted to have been selected for the exhibition and will be showing my brand new book Onomatopinocchio, which I made on a recent residency in Italy. Onomatopinocchio is printed using a combination of linocut and letterpress and explores […]

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Coming soon – Vertigo book

I did a linocut illustration for a book cover for the BFI recently which is out next month. Here is the first image of the finished book. Very exciting! There are several more books in the BFI Film Classics series, all with new covers by invited artists and illustrators. Read more about them on the […]

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Linocut workshops this summer

I’m running several linocut workshops this summer, both in London and in Italy. You can visit my workshops page on this blog to keep up to date and if you subscribe to my email newsletter I’ll keep you posted with regular (but not too frequent!) bulletins. On 28th July I’m running a linocut flickbook workshop […]

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