Original Hand-Pulled Prints and Other Artistic Adventures
A couple of months ago I invested in some Pfeil lino cutting tools. I then purchased a Flexcut Slip Strop so I could keep them sharp while carving. This is a short review of my experience purchasing the Flexcut Slip Strop, and afterwards using this product. Hopefully, this might help out others who are considering buying a Slip Strop to sharpen their lino cutting tools.
This year I started hand-printing greeting cards in my studio. I saw this as a way to diversify my income from art, and give my supporters an affordable way to access hand-printed items. I recently put together a video that shows the printing process for my hand-coloured greeting cards…
This short post explains the typical process I follow when designing a print. In this example I am creating a landscape linocut inspired by my sketchbook.
I often like to print on deckle edged paper. This short article explains the origins of deckle edges and why I choose to finish some of my printing papers this way.
Normally, when you are printing an edition, you are striving to make each print in the edition as close to identical as possible. With a variable edition (also called a “varied edition”) most of the image information is still coming from the plates, but the artist is intentionally manipulating the printing in some way.
Each of my artworks in my online gallery can be described as a “Limited Edition” print. But what exactly does this mean?