In August this year I started a year's Foundation Diploma with Leeds College of Art, which happens to have an AWESOME print studio. Last week I got to try out the Columbian, a beautiful print press which is around 100 years old. Using an oil-based ink as opposed to water-based, the results were smoother and cleaner than I've ever been able to achieve with my humble rolling pin. Here's to a year of as many lino prints as I can muster!
In other news, I have been working on another interesting project with the wonderful and talented ladies Katie Nairne and Ella Dickinson (who happens to be my sister). We are currently posting an old book to each other, filling in a few pages with sketches as it moves around the country. Should be fun! Below is my first attempt, inspired by Mark Hearld.
Just in case you like knowing the origin/ideas behind a piece of work, here's the original photo which inspired the Ette print mentioned last time...
