An Interview with AI

An Interview with AI

by | Jul 10, 2023 | Uncategorized

AI is very much in the news these days. I’m curious about it and wondered about how I might use it for my linoprinting and hand-printing practise.  So I asked Canva Magic Write to give me some answers… What are the advantages of using it? Using AI as an...
Wabi Sabi Linoprinting

Wabi Sabi Linoprinting

by | Jun 10, 2023 | Uncategorized

What are the key tenets of wabi-sabi? The Japanese term wabi-sabi (侘寂) suggests such qualities as impermanence, humility, asymmetry, and imperfection. These underlying principles are diametrically opposed to those of their Western counterparts, whose values are rooted...
Asking the Questions

Asking the Questions

by | May 12, 2023 | Uncategorized

Children are naturally curious and ask lots of questions to understand the world around them. But adults ask a lot less for all sorts of reasons. And yet asking questions is one of the ways to stimulate our brains and keep them healthy. Here are twenty questions to...
Burnishing With A Spoon Technique

Burnishing With A Spoon Technique

by | Feb 21, 2023 | Uncategorized

Hand-printing linocuts using a spoon is a simple technique I learnt years ago, during my first encounter with relief printing at a WEA workshop called Printing Without a Press, led by Maggie Slingsby. I started making A4 and larger images, both single colour and...