I am liking them better now, at first I was a bit appalled! I think when I get to the press with some good paper I will be happier. I cannot get a good print at home ever. I don't know how every one else does it! I mean I do, but it just never works for me. There is something so clean and black that I cannot seem to get, even using thin paper. Also I like thicker paper, I find the flimsy paper drives me wild with anxiety that I get a crease or crinkle where I should not.
Hi Georgina. Good for you for stepping back and waiting before you pass judgment. Sometimes I panic when the first proof doesn't look like the picture in my head and if I work the block in that state of panic I'm very likely to ruin it. There's so much energy in your cuts and marks. I like that.
ReplyDeleteSame here, I like the "expression" that is clear in your carving technique and style. Very nice. Ping me "off-list" for the printing of lino, it has taken me about 8 years, but I now have a method that is working very well.
ReplyDeleteI think they both look great - a good balance between black and white is key and one I'm still striving to achieve, well done.
ReplyDeleteI have been reading the posts through Baren and am completly enamoured by your latest work. I think your ladies are amazing and going to be beautiful prints.
ReplyDeleteSecretly I'm hoping these are ready for the annual Impress show later this year so I can see them in person. Your 'Murder Of Crows' was by far my favourite in last years show.
I really do love the natural style of your work!
Alex.
Hi Alex
ReplyDeleteThanks for that. I sent an email to Impress about that recently so I hope to be a part of that exhibition. It is good to be back doing some printing.