There's nothing worse than making a schoolboy error whilst resolutely proclaiming to be a professional. So any self respecting artist should really know better than to walk into the trap I did. Although I've never done any lino cutting before I know what the score is as i have screen printed on many occasions and the same rules apply. Being excited to start my lino cutting I jumped straight in without the necessary amount of thought and only on completion was my flaw evident. I forgot to reverse the image and text so it would print the correct way round. D'oh...
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id-iom
Tags: idiom lino print graffiti vandalsim street urban art sleeping beauty cut epic fail
There's nothing worse than making a schoolboy error whilst resolutely proclaiming to be a professional. So any self respecting artist should really know better than to walk into the trap I did. Although I've never done any lino cutting before I know what the score is as i have screen printed on many occasions and the same rules apply. Being excited to start my lino cutting I jumped straight in without the necessary amount of thought and only on completion was my flaw evident. I forgot to reverse the image and text so it would print the correct way round. D'oh...
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id-iom
Tags: idiom lino print graffiti vandalsim street urban art sleeping beauty cut epic fail
Whilst the rest of humanity has to deal with the excessive daily troubles of hurricanes, sexual assault, trade negotiations that no one has a clue about or perma-tanned presidents this lovely lady has decided to go to the land of Nod and slumber until some prince or princess has the mettle to wake her up. I'm not entirely sure what type of person that might be but then again I suppose that's what this sleeping beauty is hoping for, a real hero type. Someone willing to risk it all against the odds and come up smelling of roses. I'm pretty sure she'll be snoozing for a while but wish her the best of luck.
It's A5 in size and made using my first ever lino cut
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id-iom
Tags: woman lady sleeping sleep beauty lino cut street urban art snooze
Linocut prints have been around for a long time but this is the first one I've ever produced. It's based on a photograph I took of the Caedmon memorial on the top of the headland overlooking Whitby Harbour at the Church of St Mary. The memorial is a tall Celtic cross looking monument which was unveiled in 1898.
There are some local notables carved onto it and the ones on the windward side have taken a particular battering by the elements. The part that depicted St John of Beverley caught my attention so I thought I'd fix him up and give him a little remix with a new head, coat of arms and mysterious SSS legend. I particularly like how it looks like a rubbing has been taken off the stonework in question rather than it being down to my amateur attempt to ink my linocut. I'm calling it a happy accident all the same.
He's been made using the magic of a linocut, ink and nice thick watercolour paper and he measures in at a compact 28x16cm. Drop us a line if you need him in your life...
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id-iom
Tags: whitby cross remix statue linoprint art rubbing st john st john of beverley SSS coat of arms new head monument caedmon memorial caedmon carving stonework church of st marys whitby abbey linocut celtic cross contemporary art modern art
Linocut prints have been around for a long time but this is the first one I've ever produced. It's based on a photograph I took of the Caedmon memorial on the top of the headland overlooking Whitby Harbour at the Church of St Mary. The memorial is a tall Celtic cross looking monument which was unveiled in 1898.
There are some local notables carved onto it and the ones on the windward side have taken a particular battering by the elements. The part that depicted St John of Beverley caught my attention so I thought I'd fix him up and give him a little remix with a new head, coat of arms and mysterious SSS legend. I particularly like how it looks like a rubbing has been taken off the stonework in question rather than it being down to my amateur attempt to ink my linocut. I'm calling it a happy accident all the same.
He's been made using the magic of a linocut, ink and nice thick watercolour paper and he measures in at a compact 28x16cm. Drop us a line if you need him in your life...
Cheers
id-iom
Tags: whitby cross remix statue linoprint art rubbing st john st john of beverley SSS coat of arms new head monument caedmon memorial caedmon carving stonework church of st marys whitby abbey linocut celtic cross contemporary art modern art