Linocuts
Here is my first set of linocuts. These are 'original prints', which means that unlike reproductions of paintings the images are printed from printing blocks (in this case sheets of lino) that I have cut myself. First, the design is drawn on to a sheet of lino. The areas that I want to be white in the final print are gouged out of the soft lino using sharp lino-cutting tools, leaving the areas I want printed black in relief. Black ink is then applied to the lino using a roller, which only deposits ink on the uncut areas of the surface. A sheet of paper is then carefully lowered on to the inked lino block and the whole thing slid into a press which clamps the lino and paper firmly together. Once removed from the press the paper is peeled off and the resulting print hung up to dry.
As these hand-pulled prints are subject to slight variations in the amount of ink used and the the pressure applied in the press, each print is very slightly different and therefore unique.
