This year has been a very slow work year. I have managed to finish a complicated landscape linocut, and complete another - both were a challenge and rewarding to make.
The format is deceptive - both of these are the same size - A5, and each had their unique challenges, one with form, colour and longevity (the landscape took many months and suffered slightly from paper shrinkage), and the other with geometry and lines, cutting fine detail is always nerve-wracking! The landscape had its first outing to Derby's print open, and has also more recently (along with its Derby partner the Gladstone decorating kiln) been accepted for the Brampton Museum Open exhibition in Newcastle-Under-Lyme, which is at the time of writing in its final week. I'm very happy to say that the new bottle kiln print, Dolby Mills, has just been accepted for the Ryal Cambrian Academy Open exhibition which will open in January 2025.
Both of these limited edition linocuts are currently available for sale from my shop .
I managed to get a drypoint made at last, which was my contribution to this year's international print exchange run by Green Door Printmaking in Derby. I am going to try Tetrapak printing, and have got a very small one made - I just need a bit of time. I have also got hold of one of the Open Press Project mini etching presses which I am hoping to use to print it SOON!! (can you feel the impatience!)
I am trying hard no to have too many ambitions in the near future for making, as I need to do more to try to sell my work, hopefully 2025 will be the year that a gallery will accept some work and find homes for my creations. We shall see... meanwhile, Christmas is approaching and hopefully a short period of rest and relaxation. May you have a blessed time, and all the very best for the year ahead!
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