Tag Archives: Etsy

Linocut cards

Make a linocut anti-Valentine card

I am delighted to be featured in The Guardian today. Now you too can make your own linocut anti-Valentines cards. Have a look in Do Something magazine (p30) or visit the Guardian website for step-by-step instructions. I am also offering 20% off everything at my Etsy shop until 28/2/14 but you will have to follow […]

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Anti-Valentines cards

Sick of Valentines Day already? Want something different? Planning to dump that special someone? I have the answer! My brand new linocut anti-Valentines cards are now available from my Etsy shop and a number of fashionable retailers. Get them while they’re hot! Also available is my version of Cupid, updated for our times with his […]

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New linocut print – Deep Sea Diver

My deep sea diver print is finally finished! It’s the first multi-coloured linocut I’ve made for ages, and the biggest. I’ve made bigger prints, like the T-Rex and Dodo, but used screenprint for the colours on those. This time I had to print and register seven separate lino blocks. Below is a photo showing the […]

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Anti-Christmas linocut cards on Etsy

I try to make my own Christmas cards each year, though I’m usually so busy with fairs and the like that I never get round to it. This year I was determined though and here it is, my skeleton reindeer. If you want to buy some you can find them on my Etsy shop. Big […]

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Linocut, Linolschnitt, ЛИНОГРАВЮРА, gravure sur linoléum.

Did you know the Russian for linocut is ЛИНОГРАВЮРА? No, me neither. I didn’t even know my computer spoke Russian. Anyway, it does, and it has made me realise how anglo-centric my linocut experience is. In fact, our whole online experience is dictated by where we live and what language we speak. We think of […]

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100,000 pageviews! 20% off Etsy offer

At this second in time I am very pleased to announce that I have had 99,934 pageviews on this blog. That means by tonight I will have reached a landmark 100,000. I know this is small in comparison to a lot of blogs but I’m pretty happy anyway! To celebrate this momentous occasion I am […]

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Linocut geeks – John Peel illustration

Here’s my illustration of John Peel – the latest portrait in my Geek Heroes series of linocuts. I’ve also done Jarvis Cocker and Benedict Cumberbatch. All three are available from my Etsy shop. Let me know if you have any good ideas who else I can do (preferably British!) I used my lovely new ink […]

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Jarvis Cocker portrait in linocut

I’ve finally got round to carving and printing my portrait of Jarvis Cocker. It is one of a series of linocut portraits of geek heroes. I have also done Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock (see below). Both are available from my Etsy shop: Buy your Jarvis Cocker print! Buy your Benedict Cumberbatch print! You can click […]

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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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Etsy Linocut Christmas Gifts

Here are my top five linocut-related Christmas gifts from Etsy. Enjoy! A jar for keeping bicycles in by Zach Medler Lino Richie by John Scarratt – need I say more? Isleofprinting‘s ass-whipping print Gutenberg sartorialism from Monkey-Rope Press Lobster apron by Belette Print

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