Tag Archives: lino

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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New linocut illustration – Lighthouse and clouds

This is the new linocut illustration I’m working on for French clothing company Aigle. They wanted an illustration in the same style as my book cover for Faber and Faber, but with a lighthouse and a stag. This one will go on the inside cover of the lookbooks for their winter 2013 collection. As with […]

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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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Steamroller linocut printing event in Oxford

The steamroller linocut printing event is just a day away now. I can’t wait! I’ve printed lino with a steam roller before, but this is a proper old, coal-fired one. It’s going to take an hour to just heat the engine enough to move it and then it has to be driven ten miles to […]

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Linoleum exhibition at HemingwayArt Oxford

Linoleum: The Cutting Edge, an exhibition of linocut prints, animation and other lino-based art opens tomorrow at HemingwayArt gallery, Oxford. I’ve spent the last three days hanging framed prints, formatting videos and installing Mark Andrew Webber‘s piece which hangs across the ceiling of one of the gallery rooms. Mark Andrew Webber with his installation Other […]

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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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An Alphabet of London – linocut book by Christopher Brown

I first encountered the work of linocut artist and illustrator Christopher Brown at a St Judes exhibition where his enchanting little thumbnail images of humorous characters caught my eye. I also heard him talk entertainingly about his mentor, the great Edward Bawden, at St Bride Library in 2010. He had many anecdotes which he told with […]

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Linocut starter kit available now on Etsy

My linocut starter kit is now available to buy from my online linocutboy etsy shop. This linocut starter kit is perfect for anyone who wants to have a go at carving and printing their own linocuts. The kit contains a set of six linocutter tools, a tube of ink, an ink roller (brayer) and five […]

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Linocut technique – Notes and Queries

Now and then I get questions from followers of this blog about linocut techniques, tools or printing issues. Although I don’t pretend to know everything there is to know about linocut (that’s one of my life goals!) I’m happy to help if I can and I welcome other linocut artists to add their help and […]

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Linocut Pinocchio ABC book preview

Here’s a sneak preview of some of the pages from my new book, provisionally called Pinocchio ABC.  It’s printed with lots of fiddly small pieces of lino which I carved to make the body parts.  As Pinocchio progresses through the alphabet he finds it harder and harder to remember his ABC’s with hilarious consequences! (as […]

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