process
Plan it
Drawing initially with black felt-tip mistakes erased with tippex, on the cheapest white paper- charcoal for transferring images.
Cut it
I cut lino quickly; usually from first light and normally in my camper van coffee helps!
Print it
Image inspired by the Celtic Knot and the Tree of life, ideal gift for any occasion a wedding a special birthday. The shimmer of copper and warm red/madder rose makes this print especially lux. Afordable art to gift or keep!
Heron Observing Strangford Lough Linocut on Irish Linen
Linocut is a printmaking technique that I use a lot a variant of woodcut in which a sheet of Lino is used for the relief surface. A design is cut into the Lino surface with a sharp knife, V-shaped chisel or U shaped gouge, with the raised (uncarved) areas representing a reversal (mirror image). The Lino is inked with a roller, and then impressed onto fabric or paper by hand. I tend to work intuitively drawing with pencil cutting with speed ideally finishing in one session; giving energy and vibrancy to each illustration. The lino is recycled (black and white floor tiles chequer style) salvaged from the floor of the great hall at Mount Stewart during their refurbishment, giving each lino cut its unique large 33x33cm matrix. So with screen print or a combination of both! I print successfully in my studio at home in Bangor.
