A little Lino reveal 🍸 #linoprinting #printmaker #linocut #artreveal

First attempt at a collagraph and I love the tones and marks you can make. Excited to try more. Printmaking is so exciting! #collagraph #printmaking #circusart #artist

Printed my first ever dry point etching yesterday. Would like to fiddle around more and add some colour. Overall I loved just being able to sketch it out rather than plan the layers like a Lino. Although tricky seeing what you’re doing on a transparent surface #drypoint #etching #printmaking

#printpromptmonday and today’s prompt #growth I’m currently back where I grew up in Shropshire, getting inspired by all the art here and reflecting upon my print journey. I can’t wait to keep growing and experimenting once I’m back home. Etching and collagraph coming soon! #printmaking #linoprint

Only a day late to #printpromptmonday 😬 I have a traditional tattoo design obsession and when I started Lino printing they were simplified images inspired by body art. Here’s a bit of #text and I hope it brings you all lots of luck on a Tues 🪄 #linoprint #luckyprint #linoart

Did some teeny tiny carving. I think she’d be nice on the pocket of a shirt. Must do some textile experiments. #linoprinting #printmaker #womeninart #miniatureart

Hola. #printpromptmonday again! I’m not sure how #spring ish this is but I wouldn’t swim in the sea in winter so let’s go with this! Hot off the press and not quite finished. Inked her up to see how she would look and she needs a bit of tweaking. 👙 #linoprint #printmaking #waterbaby

Sharing this cute bunny portrait 😍

#printpromptmonday and a #portrait of sorts. I never really know if the people I carve are me but there are a lot of blondes with long hair! A younger version with smaller chops 😁

For #PrintPromptMonday #FavouritePiece my favourite print may be last April’s northern gannets over Skrudar Island, Iceland. #linocut #reductionprint #birdsinart

#printpromptmonday #earth Finished an octopus today. Gave him a voice! Not sure it’ll work as sound doesn’t always work on here. Not sure he’s finished yet as may add some gold spots. Just a little octopus 🐙 in a big world. #printmaker #octopus #loveatentacle

If it’s too late for finding a birthday card ( always) and you are an artist of sorts;- then this…. #birthdayart #hare #lastminute

Abrasax Liv Rainey-Smith Woodcut print LE of 22 signed and numbered Abrasax aka Abraxas, appears on ancient stone amulets in numerous cultures around the mediterranean, gnostic texts, and in the Greek magical papyri. Some call it a god, others a demon. #printpromptmonday #magic

Sometimes there’s a bit of #magic ( and a bit of luck) when layers come together. A tired artist checking in for #printpromptmonday Now I’ve got to hop off and design an illustration for my etching class tomorrow 😁🥱 #linoprint #thegoat #printmaking

#printpromptmonday and a bit of #foliage from my latest Lino cut. I challenged myself to do one colour, and had to really think about what to carve away and what to leave. Harder I found than using colour to define areas. #linoprint #whimsicalart

Two little black and white prints. I find pricing very hard. Any advice kindly received… #linoprint #printmaker #printisnotdead

For #printpromptmonday here are some of the stages of a big recent Lino print. In fact there were lots more stages where I experimented with printing leaves and hair and seeing how they looked. This is the most time I’ve spent planning a print and enjoying the process. #inprogress #linoprint

This circular background seems to be a winner every time. #printing #midcenturyprint #linoprint

Deciding what to put into the frames I’m painting for the upcoming exhibition. Most advice is just put everything in plain frames. I don’t always take advice..! #linoprint #handpaintedframe #youdoyou

Recarved this lady into the rubber lino as I couldn’t get the battleship grey Lino edges clean enough. I also printed three different colour ways behind her. Red, pink and orange. I’m glad I did. . . It’s sometimes worth persevering. . . #linoprint #popart #womaninprint

For #printpromptMonday #water, here are two kittiwakes on an iceberg floating in the #Arctic Ocean in the #Svalbard archipelago. #printmaking #reductionlinocut #linocut #ArcticCircleResidency

Here’s my ‘water’ themed print for #printpromotmonday. This was my first reduction Lino print. I learnt a lot about how bloody long layers of ink can take to dry 🫠 I live near the sea in Northern Ireland and this was popular with the sea swimmers. #lino #water #seaswimming #printmaking

Just dropped my printing baren and it broke, scattering tiny silver balls all over the floor 😭😭RIP #imadick

Just printed this little one of my cat Bob. Currently driving me nuts by going out and coming back in every 5 minutes…. Anyone else? 🙄 #catprint #cat #linoprint #catart

Happy to be a part of Seacourt Print Workshop in Bangor ( Northern Ireland). Here’s a shot they took of me printing my latest and biggest Lino on one of their lovely old presses. I’ll be exhibiting here at ‘Late Night Art’ Bangor on the last Thursday of this month. #bangor #linoprint #printmaker

Frustratingly I can’t print this without doing a course on the etching press. I’ve inked it up anyway at home just to see how it would look in theory. Going to retrieve Paul’s pasta making machine so I can have a go myself. The process of scratching and cutting was a nice change from Lino.

Today I’m embarking on printing my first Tetra Pak print. Wish me luck…

It’s #printpromptmonday again! I think I need a prompt every day. This is my #flipped print. Inspired my my teenaged daughters need for all the new hairstyles that now have a name. This is split dye apparently. Who knew…. Nothing had a name back in the day.

🎺 The Print Prompt Monday - March Prompts 🎺 Interpret the prompts however you want! You might want to hold off posting anything until we make the weekly Monday 6pm post (just you’ll get more engagement then) Give this a share! #printpromptmonday #printing #artshare #art #illustration

Sharing something a little different for #printpromptmonday #inmotion this week- not a finished print- but a collection of carved blocks which I will be printing together to create patterns and mini prints- all women in various movement poses. Sometimes the carved blocks are just 🫶🏻

Taking part in Print Prompt Monday and submitting this little lady. Today’s prompt is ‘ in motion’ and the motion is definitely in the wine glass! Who doesn’t love the clink of two moving wine glasses?! Happy Monday all 🥂 #printpromptmonday #inmotion #chinchin #linoprint #midcenturyart

First test print of this one. A bit of tweaking to do. She’ll be printed at Seacourt print workshop tomorrow on the lovely old press. #linoprint #testprint #sleepingbeauty #hardnight

Still going on this one. Slowly and carefully. My most detailed Lino so far. #linocarving #printmaker #linocutting #art #handcarved #fridayart

HELP!! 🆘🆘🆘 How do you enable sound on a video? I was rambling on here. Possibly a blessing that you can’t hear me….!

Test printing with a delicious Hawthorn Green 💚 #linoprint #reliefprint #linoprinting #handprinted #artist #hawthornink #retroprint #printerireland

Finally got myself on here thanks to the encouragement of @strangford.bsky.social ! Have thrown myself into Lino printing in the last 5 months or so. Here’s just one of the many I’ve churned out. Obsessed with printing women it seems!