9 min read
Rolling out ink so the print is even
How much ink to take, how long to roll and the sound it makes when it is right.
Latest letters
8 min read
Transferring a drawing onto a lino block
Tracing paper, a soft pencil and rubbing the drawing down with a spoon.
10 min read
Printing by hand with the back of a spoon
No press, a kitchen table and the pressure that works.
12 min read
Registering a two-colour print
Lining up the second block so the colours land where they should.
7 min read
Fog, wharves and the drawings I make from them
A foggy morning on the harbour and what I leave out when I draw it.
9 min read
Choosing paper for linocut prints
Thin paper, thick paper and what each does to a line.
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Block Notes
A short letter every Sunday about one linocut, one tool and one thing the kitchen table taught me.
“The one email I open the day it lands.”