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.

Whilst having a sort out I thought I’d post a photo of my collection of linocuts.

Posted on August 3, 2016August 31, 2016 Posted in UncategorizedTagged aeroplane, bicycle, block printing, bluetit, childhood, craft, cushions, folksy, hand printed, handmade, handmade stamp, koffeedoff, krafty koffeedoff, lino printing, oldschool, pattern, plane, printmaking, prints, retro, stamp, story telling, typewriterLeave a comment

Putting a name on it

Posted on June 27, 2016 Posted in UncategorizedTagged block printing, childhood, craft, folksy, hand printed, handmade, handmade stamp, koffeedoff, krafty koffeedoff, lino printing, printmaking, prints, stamp, story telling, textLeave a comment

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Printing a print and typing a type.

Posted on June 21, 2016 Posted in UncategorizedTagged childhood, craft, folksy, hand printed, koffeedoff, krafty koffeedoff, lino printing, oldschool, printmaking, retro, text, typewriterLeave a comment

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Anyone ever have a ‘Petite Typewriter’ as a kid? It was one of my favorite childhood ‘toys’. I think even today with all the modern technology we have, kids are still drawn to the appeal of touch type (I know mine are!). Must have something to do with the need to touch and grasp everything in their way.

Finally got these prints finished and dry enough to pack and sell. They are now available in my Folksy shop if anyone is interested in taking a peek.

The good old fashioned typewriter.

Posted on June 10, 2016June 10, 2016 Posted in UncategorizedTagged craft, folksy, hand printed, handmade, koffeedoff, krafty koffeedoff, lino printing, printmaking, prints, story telling, text, typewriter2 Comments

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This week I’ve been working this typewriter print. I liked the idea of combining an old piece of technology with language from modern day technology using the old fashioned method of printmaking.

Back to the old Honeysuckle.

Posted on June 10, 2016June 10, 2016 Posted in UncategorizedTagged block printing, craft, fabric printing, folksy, hand printed, handmade, honeysuckle, koffeedoff, krafty koffeedoff, lino printing, printmaking, prints, purseLeave a comment

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I went back to my old honeysuckle design and decided to enlarge it slightly with the idea to block print it on to fabric. I was still unsure where I was going to go with it but managed to make a purse out of the print. I’m hoping to get round to producing more of these soon.

Experimenting with fabric printing.

Posted on June 10, 2016June 10, 2016 Posted in UncategorizedTagged block printing, craft, cushions, fabric printing, folksy, hand printed, handmade, koffeedoff, krafty koffeedoff, lino printing, printmakingLeave a comment

I’ve recently spent some time exploring simple repeat pattern designs on fabric. Here are a few images of the printed fabric and a few cushion covers I then made from it.