Sewing Design Linocut

 Hello everyone, sorry I’m a little late with this post.

Well this week has definitely been a printing week.  I have once again succumbed to the lure of linocut printing!

I wanted a design centred around another of my hobbies, sewing.  I am upcycling a sewing box (which I will publish here later) and am considering using a linocut print to decorate.

Having arranged some sewing elements - scissors, thimble, button and needle - I drew the design directly on to the Lino.

Then I used my Lino gouger to cut away the area that was not part of the print - the part I cut away is the negative space around the design elements.

As I am completely self taught in the art of linocutting I am not sure if my technique is correct, but it works for me.  At this stage I am reasonably happy with the result.

 I had finished cutting and was happy with the linocut, so I tried a trial print to identify areas that needed more work.

At this stage I felt either too much ink was used or I need to work more on the finer details.  

I attempted another fainter trial print which looked better as I could at least identify the areas needing work, i.e. buttonholes, needle and thimble texture.

This is the linocut and the print.  Next I shall go back and refine the cut.  I would also like to attempt a colour blend on the print. 

Hope you enjoyed this post and let me know your thoughts.

See you next Thursday. 

Best wishes

Shari