When a Heron becomes a print

Posted on September 12, 2016September 12, 2016 Posted in childhood, linoprinting, memories, printmaking, UncategorizedTagged bird, birdlovers, birdspotting, birdwating, block printing, childhood, craft, flight, folksy, hand printed, handmade, handmade stamp, Heron, koffeedoff, krafty koffeedoff, lino printing, printmaking, prints, story tellingLeave a comment

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So last week I spent my time test printing my carved heron lino plates. I’m quite pleased with the outcome so will be creating a new run this week to put in my shop fairly soon.

A spot of bird sketching

Posted on August 31, 2016August 31, 2016 Posted in childhood, doodling, drawing, linoprinting, memories, printmakingTagged bird, block printing, childhood, craft, doodling, drawing, folksy, hand printed, handmade, Heron, koffeedoff, krafty koffeedoff, lino printing, memories, printmaking, prints, sketching, story tellingLeave a comment

I’ve been spending time recently looking at herons. I’ve been noticing them a lot more whilst out walking and they reminded me of when I was a kid and one flew past the school. The other kids and myself thought it was some prehistoric bird back in flight. It was the first time I had seen one fly. They are amazing to look at. I hope to make a lino print soon focusing on this beautiful bird.