* Tulips (2024) Linocut print from a limited edition of 6

A mini print of Tulips, a great gift of flowers that never die! A small reduction print, which captures the sweetie like oranges and pinks of these beautiful Spring flowers.

A reduction linocut is a totally handmade print. No machines are used. Only one piece of Lino is used throughout the process and so no prints can be reproduced.

I draw the image I want to create on the Lino, in reverse. Using carving tools I take away all the lightest parts which will be the colour of the paper, I then ink up the Lino with a colour and press this onto some thick printing paper. Anything I want to be that colour I carve away and ink up the next colour and so the process goes until the image appears.

This print went through this process 8 times, to achieve the final image. I used oil based Calico artist inks and the paper is Somerset velvet in soft white.

Paper size is approx 16.2 x 20.2cm and the image size is 10.2 by 14.6 cm. This will fit a standard 6" x 4" photo frame.