Last week we had a very rare happening - visitors! A very nice Welsh Springer Spaniel and his humans came to stay for a couple of days. We didn't do much as it was nice just to take some time off and relax. We did manage a short walk nearby.
It's a funny thing, but even though we are in a very rural part of Shropshire, there are few footpaths and barely any quiet places to walk. And with this being the busiest bit of the farming year, the little lane we were in had it's fair share of large agricultural vehicles managing (somehow) to make their way through.
So the next day was mostly spent in the garden, with lunch (mostly cheese) and beer.
Knitting was done - my knitting - though not by me. This is something I started and almost finished but couldn't. So my knitting expert friend managed to sort it out for me.
In return, I let my friend have free reign in my studio and she had a couple of impromptu painting lessons.
But play has to end eventually and when they were headed home, I finished off a couple of my own paintings, which are up for sale in my Etsy shop. I seem to be heading for autumn a little prematurely, but then we are having an upsy downsy summer.
In my big studio tidy up, I also found a box of the last lino prints I made in my previous life, including the popular 'Little Hare. It feels a bit strange and very sad looking at old blog posts like with pictures of of the other cottage, such as 'Printing Little Hare' and 'Monsieur le Roitelet'. So to raise a few pennies, I've put the remainder back up for sale, at single figure prices in my shop print section.
I'm hoping to sell enough to be able to buy some WD40, to get my trusty old printer back on the road, so that I can print again. Sadly it's been in a damp shed for too long and needs some de-rusting before I can use it.
Back when I printed the lino cuts in November 2011, I was trying to juggle needle felting with printing and painting. Then Andy and I began the big move to Shropshire and just over a year later, Andy was dead. Now my life is back on track, with a different love and I am still needle felting, starting to paint again and hopefully printing soon. In those days I was lucky enough to do it as a part time job. Now it's a life necessity. But I try not to analyse it too much; it's all a bit odd really. Such is life.
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That will be where I'm going wrong with my lino prints then - I'm in too much of a hurry :)
Your prints look terrific.
Is there no end to your talents!! Its a long time since I did any lino prints but it is good fun isn't it. x Jo
I love seeing your documentation of the process. Makes me want to get down to business!
I love this!!! now off to google Monsieur le Roitelet:)
I love these posts!!
janet xox
like Janet above, I love these posts too- watching the artist at work.
Thanks for taking the time to photo each step, hope it didn't interrupt your mojo
The prints look wonderful and lino-cuts are definitely as valid an art form as etching!
Oh but I found we have a letter press here at work, so I may be here more often than I already am, trying to get to grips with something I've been hankering after for ages!
How wonderful to see the care with which you produce your beautiful prints. I particularly love the loose graceful lines, compared with the tight control you use to make the right result. Thanks so much for sharing the process with us. As always, it's a joy to peek into your creative life.
Gorgeous!! The little hare is on the wall where I am sitting typing this - he has settled in quite happily!
ps - I'm very sorry abour not liking cats (they just give me shivers!!)
I love doing prints. When I had to stop going to my printmakin gclass (it really was like open studio for advanced printers) I switched to lino prints because they are easier to handle at home and my small little press could handle them. I love yours and if I get this job I'm waiting to hear may go into your etsy shop and snag one. You do such marvelous work. I just love your blog.
Your prints are lovely! I haven't done these in ages and you are making me want to go hunting for my brayer. There is simply too much inspiration out there in the world!
I love seeing the process...maybe I'll do some printing some day. I did Japanese watercolor printing in art school which was fun but tedious and what you are doing looks fun! Of course it isn't all fun though. I have some images that would look good printing maybe and perhaps I'll check into it. It is good to have art work that is more monetarily accessible...