Last Prints of the Year

 A couple of Linocuts finished a couple of days before Christmas. Now for a bit of break before starting new  work. Both these are taken from sketches made some time ago. The Golden Oriole is from sketches drawn on 17th May 1998 at Lakenheath Fen in Suffolk. The Chough is a little more recent, drawn on 5th August 2014 on the Ceredigion coast between Llangrannog and Ynys Lochtyn.

Chough near Llangrannog

Linocut

175mm x 120mm

Golden Oriole

9 layer reduction Linocut

229mm x 155mm

Signs of Industry

 All along the Calder Valley are signs of its industrial past. Some are obvious, the old mill buildings dating from the industrial revolution to older relics of the old cottage industries. Along the watercourses there are old overgrown mill leats and broken sluices the only remaining traces of industries long gone and now hidden by the overgrown tangle of reclaiming woodland.

The Old Sluice

Wood Engraving on Maple

100mm x 75mm

Edition of 20