We’ve come to the end of the four classes now, and here are the results of the last two. I was keen to think about birds and trees, plus Judy showed us how to experiment on different kinds of paper (the leaf is on rice paper, and the trees below are on different shades of tissue paper).
Rob has a very different style, his images have much more impact than mine do (not that it was a competition of course!) and he put a lot more effort into certain aspects of cutting than I did. As you can clearly see, our interests also vary widely:
The last pic was taken with my cell phone, the blurriness is due to my shaky hand.
Now that we’re in September, with the summer market season about to re-open and much sewing and screenprinting to be done, I can’t spend any more time on linocut printing experiments, but I will definitely return to Judy’s studio next year. We met some great people, drank some great coffee, and expanded our creative horizons. What’s not to like? :)
Nice piece of work 
Love your swallow, and those trees on the coloured tissue paper are full of energy.
Thanks. The bird was based on an image from pinterest so I would like to attempt something more original next time :)
Well, it was nice carving, anyway!
good coffee, great people and creativity – sounds perfect. And your work and Rob’s are both brilliant, even though they are so different. I really like the trees and using different paper is a great way to achieve new effects with the same lino cut.
Next year I’ll have more time to experiment!
They’re brilliant :) Much fancier than my attempt at printing!
Not so fancy!!!!!!! But fun. Doing it really well takes a real artist and 10,000 hours of practice – so not going to be me EVER :)
The bird is very well done. Like Rob’s startled cat in a different sort of way!
Thanks :)
Thanks Jane :)
Hi Jill! I love all of your creations. Thanks for sharing. Love and Hugs, Tamara
Thanks, Tamara :) I see you’ve been mighty busy creating your own Parliament of Owls xxx