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This is my submission for @handprinteduk’s #handprintedcollective this month with the prompt ‘grow’. These are portraits of my plant babies around the house. Really enjoyed carving these, and I may well carry on doing the rest of the plants in the house. It’s been quite nice with all the stresses of the world today, to sit and do lots of separate little linos that don’t take too much commitment and bring them together as a final print (though less nice to print). #linoprint #lino #linocut #linocutfriends #printisntdead #printmaker #printmakersofinstagram #print #handprinted #bathartist #c4artclub #home #reliefprint #printmaking #stayhomecutlino #worksofink #get_imprinted

Sat doing some more pot plant portrait carving. Have you been watching the Grayson Perry Art Club on TV? We’re loving it! #linoprint #reliefprint #handprintedcollective #potplant #plantbabies #printmaker #printmakersofinstagram #printisntdead #c4artclub #bathartist #stayhomecutlino #linocut #linoprinting

My little collection of ‘portraits of plants around the house’ is growing. It started as a doodle on the iPad but I’ve really enjoyed having a little project that doesn’t require much thought or commitment, so just doodling on in lino. I carved outside this morning which was lovely, but now it’s too hot and the lino goes crumbly so I’ve come inside for a bit. #linoprint #handprintedcollective #printmakersofinstagram #printmaker #lino #reliefprint #houseplant #plantbabies #bathartist #artistsofinstagram #printisntdead #print #handcarved #handmade #stayhomecutlino

Had a little play with my Alpha-Set that came in the post the other day. Such a great idea. This beautiful little stamp set, created by @will.mower, is made up of modular shapes that when put together make letters which look pretty similar to traditional woodblock letterpress. It also came with a really nicely designed mini booklet to show you how to put the letters together. “Feel free to ignore this booklet entirely and see what you can create” #alphaset #willmower #stamp #letterpress #printmakersofinstagram #printmaker #bathartist #reliefprint #print #printmaking #typography

Today was all about experimenting with print (actually quite a lot of the day was painting the shed and gate. Glam) so anyway.... i found a leaf skeleton whilst out in the garden and thought I’d see if I could print it like we printed leaves many moons ago at @endoftheroad with the @bristolprintworkshops. Pretty successful I thought! Also, earlier this week, I re-visited @linocutboy’s great book about lino print (go read if you haven’t - beginner or expert!). I wanted to try out the intaglio / relief lino print with Japanese vinyl. It wasn’t quite as successful as I’d hoped, but happy for a first try. 3rd picture is just a nice plant in our garden for cheer 😊#printmaker #printmaking #linocut #linoprint #lino #reliefprint #intaglio #intaglioprint #printmakersofinstagram #bathartist #leafprint #stayhomecutlino #printisntdead #madewithloveinisolation

I designed and carved a little stamp for my good friend @babskingisme. The brief was "a paintbrush, a B and a K and a rainbow". Threw in some stars for good measure ⭐️🌈🌟⭐️🌈🌟She does wonderful, colourful illustrations and is making some of them into cute little pin badges to sell on Etsy. Go check her out! #stamp #stampmaking #reliefprint #printmakersofinstagram #printisntdead #bathartist #supportsmallbusiness #stayhomecutlino

Happy birthday @love_thrift and @_alicerichmond_ 🎉🎁🎈🥂 I couldn’t post this one until both the recipients had received their cards this week. But I spent most of Easter Sunday sat outside in the beautiful sunshine carving this happy birthday card for my sister and my step daughter. I also did a bit of experimenting and realised I could do embossing powder on Caligo safewash inks... I thought you had to used a stamp pad!!! Everything is going to be shiny now. Though shiny is hard to photograph, so thanks for the photo I stole @love_thrift 😊📷 #linoprinting #lino #linocut #linocutprint #reliefprinting #stayhomecutlino #happybirthday #lockdownbirthday #printmakersofinstagram #printmaker #printisntdead #bathartist #printtherapy #printersolstice #editiondeprintemps #madewithloveinisolation

I really like the lino plate when it’s been carved and I love trying to get it as neat as possible (@stanleydonwood’s plates always look so neat!). A couple of people have asked me about the process of transferring my image to the lino since my previous post... I transfer the image using red Japanese carbon paper, and then as I carve, I run a black stamp pad over it to easily see what I’ve carved. Swipe for a bit of detail from the print - magpie on the shed, and a cat up on the fence, (taunting our neighbour’s dog from up high @natasha_jane___ ) and swipe one more to see the window rainbow I painted today! Cheery #linoprint #linocut #lino #reliefprint #inkyrebels #inkyrebelsview #printersolstice #editiondeprintemps #bathartist #artistsofbath #rainbowsforhope #windowrainbow #printmakersofinstagram #artistsofinstagram #stayhomecutlino

Yay finally finished this print. Really enjoyed carving this one. I’ve been noodling away at the design on paper, iPad and lino for a while to get it how I wanted it. (Swipe for some process pics). This has been the view out of the window as I work from home - people playing catch, a tree being pruned, a trampoline being turned into a rocket🚀birds, cats, dogs! Always something happening out there. This is my submission to @inkyrebels ‘the view from here’ (thanks @ptolemaicpress 😊) and also for #printersolstice #editiondeprintemps ‘my daily view’. Have to say, I’m bloody loving the Japanese carbon paper from @handprinteduk. It transfers to the lino so well, doesn’t smudge, and gives loads of detail. Totally recommend it! Last photo is me trying to squeeze the printing inbetween the work from home setup! #lino #linoprint #inkyrebels #inkyrebelsview #stayhomecutlino #reliefprint #printmakersofinstagram #get_imprinted #printmaker #bathartist #printisntdead #printmaker #artistsoninstagram #linocut #madewithloveinisolation

Alice from @im_printed asked a few fellow printmakers to help highlight the great work of @peoples_masks by doing what we do, and making a print. @peoples_masks are calling for makers to make 1000s of masks to help limit the spread of COVID-19. Go check out their account for more info! Also thought this would be good for #wewillmake prompt ‘protect’ (@mollylemonart did an amazing mask print) and the #handprintedcollective prompt ‘be kind’. #linoprint #lino #linocut #stayhomecutlino #printmaker #printmaking #reliefprint #printisntdead #printmakersofinstagram #bathartist #spreadjoynotgerms #masks4all

I’ve really enjoyed doing #printersolstice and have come out with some pieces I’m really happy with. Thank you @follysomeprints @linocaveprints @speedball_art @im_printed for organising! I’ve experimented with different techniques and styles and have learnt a lot over the last 3 months. I’m going to carry on and do the extended version, and also @mollylemonart is going to be doing a Monday prompt which I’m quite excited for, I’ve also have been meaning get in on the #handprintedcollective prompts. Busy busy!!! #printersolstice #lino #linoprint #linocut #printmaker #printmakersofinstagram #printmaking #bathartist #reliefprint

So here it is, my final print for the original #printersolstice (not the extended version!). I spent some of today carving a 2nd plate to do a 2nd colour on the shell, but I don’t feel it added anything, and I preferred the original black and white version. Swipe for the colour version, which do you prefer? #lino #linoprint #linocut #printmaker #printmakersofinstagram #reliefprint #printmaking #printer #artistsofinstagram #bathartist #stayhomecutlino

I didn’t quite get my last print of #printersolstice printed before the clocks change, but nearly there, hopefully tomorrow. The prompt for this one was #ratios and I’m not sure if it’s obvious but it’s a shell. A lino doodle of a shell, which will hopefully be two colour tomorrow! I’m so happy that printer solstice is carrying on for a bit, it’s been great to have focus, and a week is just the right amount of time for me. I think lino carving will keep me sane in these weird times. #linoprinting #lino #linocut #printmaker #printmakersofinstagram #printisntdead #printmaking #print #reliefprint #stayathome #bathartist #artistsoninstagram #linocarving #keepcalmandcarveon #stayhomecutlino

Making the most of being at home! I’ve finally made a board for my rollers to hang on and painted it the same colour as the wall so it blends in beautifully. Next shelf down looking good with my @wood_zilla press. #printmaker #printmakersofinstagram #linoprint #reliefprint #homestudio #bathartist #tealtension

Last night I carved a second plate to add green to my snow drops. Tonight I test printed it (and used my new mini roller!). My registration was off on a couple, but this one was as close to perfect as my bodging will get me. The world is feeling very overwhelming at the moment, so I’m so glad to have something mindful to do that stops me looking at the news! (That and anxious cleaning of the house, the house is gonna be so tidy - anyone else anxiety clean?!) Just need to do ratios and I’m caught up on printer solstice. The first prompt now seems like forever ago! I’m so happy that they’ve decided to carry on with prompts. #printersolstice #printmaker #printmakersofinstagram #printmaking #linoprint #multiblock #linocut #lino #reliefprint #printisntdead #bathartist #snowdrops #illustration

Snowdrops! 🌱 My print for #printersolstice ‘spring is springing’. This week (it’s only Monday!) has been a bit overwhelming, so it’s been nice to noodle away at a print and take my mind off it all. Hoping to add a second colour tmr... and then hoping it’ll dry in time for a (probably late) Mother’s Day card 😬 edit: I forgot to say, this was based on an image the British Library put up in their collection of out of copyright images on Flickr. If you have seen the collection, go google, it’s great 😊 “Image taken from page 37 of 'Voices of Joy and Thanksgiving. A collection of sacred poems for the principal festivals of the Christian year. Compiled and illustrated by C. E. B. (C. E. Boothby.)’ 1866” I’ll put the original up on my stories. #printersolstice #printmaker #printmaking #printmakersofinstagram #linocut #linoprint #reliefprint #bathartist #snowdrops #mothersday #printisntdead

Lovely day out today visiting some friends. After getting a little bit rained on, we got treated to this amazing rainbow up on Glastonbury Tor. Don’t often put pics up that aren’t prints... but loved this photo. Totally worth getting my new iPhone for the cameras #glastonbury #glastonburytor #rainbow #iphone11pro #shotoniphone

So this was the final print for that 40th card. I did make a little booboo and cut away the middle of the 4, but I fixed with a small stamp made from speedycarve. I’m also gonna use this one for my #printersolstice print, lazy I know. But the prompt was balancing act, so my balancing act, is having a full time job and still finding time to carve and have a nice life in-between! I’ve just joined a gym too which opens next week... I’ll have to balance that too!! Maybe one day I’ll balance in some selling of prints! #printersolstice #balancingact #linoprint #linocut #lino #printmakersofinstagram #printmaking #bathartist #reliefprint

A card design a friend asked me to do for her brother’s 40th. ‘A 40th card maybe featuring a skateboard’. Will print this up later and see what it looks like. The red Japanese carbon paper I bought from @handprinteduk has been a game changer for me, it works so well on the grey lino! #linocut #lino #linoprint #printmaker #printmakersofinstagram #reliefprint #bathartist #printisntdead #printmaking

‘Oh, the humanity!” ...oh, the huge manatee?! My slightly silly take on the #printersolstice prompt. I’ve called him Marvin. #reliefprint #linoprint #printmakersofinstagram #printmaking #printmaker #linocut #manatee #printisntdead #bathartist

Handmade cards at the Hub!

Posted by tweeny on September 25, 2017 · Leave a Comment

I’m really excited to have a few of my designs for sale through the Above & Beyond charity in Bristol. At the moment there are 8 different designs available in the Fundraising Hub at the Welcome Centre of the Bristol Royal Infimary (BRI) (more designs to come!) and money from each one sold goes to the charity. … Continue reading →

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