Got a design all drawn out and ready to carve for my first lino carving in over a year. I’m excited and a bit nervous. Linoblocks are harder to carve compared to erasers so it’s easier to wind up with gouged hands and bloody fingers, so I’m hoping I’m not too rusty. But I’m excited because, well, I’m back to something familiar. With patience and a steady hand, I know how this will turn out. It’s good to step out of your comfort zone and try something different, like with the stamp carving, but it also feels good to come back to something you know. There’s nothing wrong with staying in your zone.
…now, if I could just come up with a name for this piece. Any suggestions would be appreciated. 😌
Defo looks like a psychedelic figure from the ‘swinging sixties’. Love the flowers and butterflies in her hair. Really precise linocut. Really looking forward to seeing a pulled print.
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Oh, I don’t pull prints from the carvings. I create them as stand alone wall carvings. If you check out my previous post https://carvedraw.wordpress.com/2018/08/05/from-davina-on-to-lino, you can get an idea on how I use linoblocks. 😊
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Oh wow…! Nice. So do you stain the wood? For colour? Will defo check out your previous post.
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The material is mounted linoleum so there’s no need for staining but I do paint it and add a varnish, which gives it a wood like appearance.
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Nice….of course linocut. Brilliant. So you would sand the linoleum a bit so it would take the paint…on parts of Lino not etched into? Or do you concentrate on the incised lines? Just curious…
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I don’t do any sanding and yes, I paint the uncarved areas.
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How??? And the paint does not flake off? What do you use? Not acrylic… is there a particular medium that when mixed with paint or pigment would adhere to Lino?
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Pigmented acrylic sealed with a varnish.
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Ah….nice!!!! Thank you.
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Yep!!! Checked out previous post. Gorgeous work!!! 👏
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