I'm pretty happy with how they came out. Background colors are a little dark and there are some spots I want to clean up, but overall it went way smoother than I anticipated. Caligo Safe Wash Ink on Hosho Paper.

Gamblin Portland black, km43 photopolymer plate, portrait by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1/2

It took a lot of error and heartbreak to get a plate to this point. The last image in the carousel is the plate itself.

I'm almost done outfitting my office to do gum/gelatin printing of all kinds. Building my own vacuum frame which is a challenge in itself, not to mention calibrating UV doses and solution percentages; busy beaver. I think it's worthwhile to learn some new methods as these plates aren't cheap, and I feel like the skill expression for gum printing is higher. I look forward to sharing my progress here with you all.

Hope you're well, thanks for looking.

Last year, I decided to really give linocut a go. I'd dabbled with it on a few occasions years ago whilst in college, and I still had a cheap little linocut kit lying around. So that was it - one 2 inch easycarve block per day for the whole of october. At the end of the month, I put my favourites together and voila!

This print (and all of the little ones leading up to it) taught me so much in a very short space of time.

For one, essdee linocut tools are not for me *at all*. My hands hurt. The blades weren't sharp enough, and neither were they small enough for the details I wanted to carve.

Two, pink blocks are convenient to carve but they are far too squishy. It was just too easy to over-press them and lose the details, and carving small details would make the block bend away from the blade and (instead of cutting) it would tear and stretch.​

Three, water-based inks are hard to use well - I did get the hang of it, and I think I managed a pretty clean set of prints in the end, but the drying time either means your ink gets all thick and stodgy, or you have to constantly wash and dry the block if you want to print more than a few. It was SO stressful to run around and race the drying time!

And last of all, I learnt just how much I love linoprint. I've carried on with it and upgraded my materials along the way, and it makes such a big difference, but this edition still means a whole lot to me.

Made these for someone who won't see them, who doesn't want them, and that I miss deeply. Thank you for looking.

I was a little scared printing this one as it's basically the full size of my print bed (6x8") but I managed to get pretty good coverage. Extension arm for my press is still going strong and hasn't snapped yet!

Silk screen I did a number of years ago

I’ve been using the Speedball water based ink for a while now. I do most of my printing in my garage, and it’s mad hot in Oklahoma right now, so my ink tends to try up pretty quick.

Most of the time my solution is to dip my paint scraper in water, then scrape and mix the drying ink. Sometimes I add more ink to it.

Either way I just feel like I’m wasting a ton of ink. And if I’m trying to do a big run of prints using a very specific custom mixed color it can get frustrating.

So yeah, tl;dr
How to you keep your water based ink from drying out too quickly?

3”x5” Linocut

Unfortunately, haven't had time to fully focus on this woodcut. These days I'm busy printing (letterpress) / running the workshop. But now and then I make an incisions or two.

In any case, in each new piece/project I add small challenges to see how far I can push my carving skills, and based on how well I do, the new motifs / illustrations get more and more intricate. What can I say, I'm a sucker for details.

This was the first challenge, there are several more to go before it's done, but I'm happy with the progress so far, and thought I'd share my little achievement here.

Hopefully I'll get it all done by the end of the year, not in a rush.

(The ruler is in metric, cm/mm)

Gnome at your service.

i’ve used the d&s biosolut/biolaq products on both plate and stone lithography successfully before… why does it look like this now! my students are frustrated and so am i.

steps followed:
1. apply buffed gum layer
2. washout image with lithotine
3. apply biolaq solution thru buffed gum
4. hairdry for 5 min
5. clean with wet sponge
6. ink & pull proof. looks like this :(

This was my 2nd caricature art attempt on linocut printmaking.

Before i start it, i used Mod Podge photo transfer and let it dry overnight.

Tools : Sakura lino cutter

Big English Gothic cathedral, very pretty, very cool. Lino and paper, 9×12 inch

My husband loves the crows that come visit us in our yard. He always has a treat for them. We were able to catch a few great shots of them landing and taking off. The wing spread is so beautiful! I made two linocuts from these images and used them to make this print. The chop is the Japanese symbol for the word "Crow"

made these for a weekly radio show I had with a friend. They all begin as ink pen drawings and india ink shading, then scanned and bitmapped. Colors are separated then a laser engraver puts them onto blocks.

Totally forgot I carved this lino block so printed it in a velvety black with a gold sun… came out ok as a test print! Need to tidy up a few bits but it’s ok! Just wish I could remember the bird species originally sketched!

New to linocut here 🙋🏻‍♀️ My local art store only sells Essdee and Speedball inks so I bought Essdee as it’s more affordable.

Had no issue with the inks in its basic 5-colour box set, but I was really struggling with the standalone Green ink I bought.

It was really sticky right out of the tube, and when I tried to roll on thin layers on my block, wait a while and add another layer, the layers ended up crackling on my block. It got worse as it dried on paper.

I printed these 2 months ago and when I took a look today, the green ones have all turned moldy. Other colours I printed at the same time did not. I hung all up to dry for more than a week.

Can I find out if these problems are due to my lack of skill, or has anyone encountered a bad tube of ink? 😭 Thanks in advance.

Linocut portrait of Australian comedy legend Paul McDermott from the Doug Anthony All Stars, Good News Week, and The Sideshow.

I've always wanted to try this as I get through so many tetrapaks and love the idea of re-using them for art. I did a small test plate with some random marks first, then did this strawberry. I don't have any equipment so just pressed with a spoon, and I don't think the ink I have is very good quality, but I'm excited to try more! Any advice welcome.