Peculiar

One of the words which came up in the theatre workshops was "Peculiar". Jersey is a peculiar of the British Crown and so answers directly to the Crown, not the British Parliament. One thing I love about Jersey is stories, I wanted to include a sea monster as they often appear in tales of the sea and the sea is an intrinsic part of Jersey. So my peculiar monster swims past the peculiar rock (based on a 17th century map), the ship is the Janvrin, a cod trading ship built in Jersey, both are printed on hand made paper and the map is printed on part of a map of Jersey which was found at an auction and donated by a kind friend. My father is horrified that I have been chopping up maps which would otherwise be useful navigational aids!!!

Chine Colle

Experimenting with a bit of chine colle.
Tissue has a slightly glossy surface so the ink takes forever to dry. I will use hand made paper which is much more absorbant for the actual poster production line. Hoping to get most of this job done this week. It is Corbiere lighthouse of course (sorry dont know how to do accents....there should be one on the first e).

The Book of Kingdoms

Finally finished The Book of Kingdoms poster for the Jan-May Arts Centre brochure. I will play around a bit with colour now that I have some time before making another copy for the actual 'advertising the event' poster.

Ready......steady......

Finally, after weeks of carving, I have finished all the lino cuts for The Book of Kingdoms poster I have been working on. The Book of Kingdoms is a devised piece of Theatre in Education inspired by workshops with the Youtheatre and some of the islands primary schools. It is based around the fact that it is the 350th anniversary of when Charles II gave the royal mace to the island after his exile here. It is also about what it means to be an islander so I have tried to include some of the many things which we associate with Jersey (I could have gone on forever!!)
This is a shot of all the lino pieces laid out in position ready for inking.
Hope to include a shot of the print later today.

Ha-Hah!!

Ha-Hah!! I have just realised that it is not entirely my (lack of) photographic skills but the fact that some dear person has smeared butter or something on the lens!

 

So, here is another shot of my mermaid eating ice-cream at La Rocco Tower printed on hand made paper and a title piece for a poster commission I'm working on.

Print

So it's back to the studio now to refine her a little..............
Note to self: Must improve photography skills!!!!

The finished cut

I actually took this photo after I'd printed it so you can see a residue of the blue ink I used.
Sorry about my bad photography.

The first cut is not necessarily the deepest!

The surface of the lino is blue on one side and green on the other with a lovely deep black beneath the surface making it very easy to see what you have done.

New Lino

So here is my little drawing of a mermaid eating ice cream at La Rocco Tower.....and a new type of lino to experiment with. It's double sided which appeals to my thrifty nature!

Cutting Edge

Mrs Prink, Mrs Prink, Where have you been?
I've been to London to visit the Aladdin's Cave that is Intaglio Printmaker!

How wonderful to have new tools which cut through the lino like butter and new types of lino to experiment with.