I draw, I sketch and produce mixed-media collages but my absolute passion is for linocutting, and it has been since the mid 1990's. I enjoy the physical process of cutting and carving the lino with freshly honed tools and I find the variety of styles and marks I can achieve with such simple materials always challenging but endlessly surprising and satisfying. You can read more about me and my work here.
NEWS SNIPPETS - January 2025
New Year, brand new work. The first two editions of the year are complete.
These are two variations of a linocut especially created for Dydd Santes Dwynwen, the Welsh patron saint of lovers. It was originally planned as an insert for a card (as in previous years) but I decided the larger scale of the image made it more fitting to produce as an editioned print. It's printed in a single colour cherry red AND in a grey-blue to dark blue-purple roll and is available on the One-offs page in the shop. With every purchase, I'll enclose a handprinted mini-card, just large enough to write a little message.
The Greetings Cards page has new handprinted 'trios' of William Morris inspired cards, printed on Mulberry paper and there are still a small number of 'tiny celtic knot Christmas tree' cards available . On the One-off Print Based Works page, there are some new mixed packs of gift tags and miniprints which use the same Williams Morris design overprinted on various multicoloured backgrounds.
A new 'Seasons' page has been added to the Linocuts area of my shop and six wintery editions, some, which you may not have seen before, can be found there. My newer/current work may be tucked away in the individual category pages, so if you're looking for a coastal image or a mountain, or a waterfall, that's probably the best place to start.
Reduction linocutting is one of the most complex and intriguing forms of relief printmaking - it requires having to work with a reversed sketch or drawing, being able to envisage multiple layers of tone and colour, all whilst working toward a final image which exists only in my head.
The reduction process involves using a single block of lino which is progressively cut away for each layer of colour. As the block is essentially destroyed during the process, a reduction print can never be reprinted or re-editioned, guaranteeing a genuinely limited edition.
