Nonsense Poetry Bird Linocuts!

For the Off the Press Festival I made two linocut prints based on nonsense poems about birds - poems we had recited to us by my Dad as kids and knew by heart! 

The Cormorant poem is by Christopher Isherwood. The Pelican poem is by Dixon Lanier Merritt - facts I only found out when researching for the exhibition! 

These are photos of the prints as they are too big for my scanner - hence the slightly wonky colours. 

Off the Press Festival

Sheffield Printmakers are holding an exhibition of prints inspired by the written word, in conjunction with the Off the Shelf festival in October. I'll be exhibiting one or two prints based on nonsense verse about birds! See flyer for more details... http://sheffieldprintmakers.com/

Sheffield Printmakers Website

Sheffield Printmakers now has a website. Have a look at it by following the link on the right. It's a relatively new group, championing the art of printmaking in Sheffield. I'm a member! 

Tools Linocuts

Black and White version of tools linocut

Black and Red version of tools linocut

A Few Bird Prints

Pheasant Linocut - 57 x 77mm

Lone Magpie Linocut - 155 x 203mm

Heron Linocut - 70 x 100mm

Linocut printing workshop at Potteric Carr

We had a lovely day printing at Potteric Carr with a woodpecker making a guest appearance on the feeders outside. The workshop was only three hours long but despite this, everyone produced a fantastic print, which was impressive seeing as no-one had done any linocut printing since school!

Figurative prints

Orange Man

Woman on Beach is the partner of Man on Beach. I sold the man twice over an the exhibition, but without his other half!

More linocuts...

Fair Ground Horse 110 x 110mm

Wild Geese 150 x 100mm

Chickens!! 160 x 220mm

Exhibition....

I put some work up in the Sharrow Community Creatives exhibition that Lu Golob organised at the Old Junior School. It was a great event and I managed to sell six prints, so pretty happy about that! 

 

Hare linocut 100 x 150mm

Temporary Sculpture Trail

We sprayed a load of household items gold (great fun!) then got people to place them in the woods to create a temporary sculpture trail. This idea worked really well and got participants to engage with the space.

Living Letters

Some living letters for the Sheffield Wildlife Trust Living With Nature project. We made the letters with primary school students, then hung them in the trees (or made silly words with them) for an Easter Fun Day in Dyke Vale woods.