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Printmaking using heat bed press transfer technique. #printmaking #artabstract

To be exhibited at the Heseltine Gallery, Truro, four copper plate etching prints are for sale as part of the gallery's 'Kober'...

Just a quickie to let you know you can now find me on Instagram. Link up if you like :)

Monoprint printmaking using several plates to build up a story.

It's been HOT here the last week. I love it. Temperatures reaching up to 27ºC, just over 80ºF, and that's the standard measurement on a...

If there's time at the end of a print workshop session, it is good to go off plan and make something different with the left over inks....

Wearing a big smile on my face ever since hearing about being awarded a prize for the Green Door Printmaking / Derby Print Open 2018....

It's not until July but I've just heard so am ready to spread the news already. One of my drypoint monoprints 'Coast' has been accepted...

#printmaking #monoprint #artabstract

Delivering work to 44AD Studio in Bath ready for their Edition 4: machine and mercurial exhibition; a short exhibition running from the...

It's not that copper plates are so expensive they need to be justified, it is more that experimentation is fun. Having used the main side...

The copper plates etched at home the other day (see previous post) were taken into the workshop today to print. The oil-based relief...

Is there no end to the fun to be had with designing these tiny squares of drypoints? It seems not. I'd only bought around 8 boxes to put...

It seems the main difference between these three is the context in which they are set. Without a reference point, it is hard to gauge...

Drypoint on 250 gsm Somerset This plate was printed on two different papers which gave surprisingly different results. The Somerset...

Hand-made drypoint print looking at an abstract of the south field in winter.

Working with experimental archival paper, a test to see if it was good for printmaking.

Printmaking using leaves and seed heads.

I knew from early on what design was going to be done for the plaster printmaking, but I just wasn't sure of each square. With the...

It's more than just a bit exciting to find out I am on the long list for the Baby Forest Membership Awards, but there's more! If you are...