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Dreaming of hot sunny days...

21/2/2018

 
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An old wooden door
I have a thing about old wooden doors so, while clamped to a heater in my workroom last week trying to ignore the miserable grey skies and cold, I thought of hot sunny days in Palma last year and did this wood engraving. It's based on a sketch I did of the chunky wooden courtyard door at my sister's house. 

Sunflower Reworked

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Finished Print of Unfurling Sunflower.
Reworking a block is never easy as I work using a magnifying glass (dodgy eyes) so the marks I make tend to be very close together. Opening them up can just result in a mess. With this in mind I tentatively reworked the block to lighten up areas and printed again. It works better now. When viewed from any distance there just wasn't enough definition on the original print and it all looked too dark. I'm finally happy with the print and even happier that I didn't ruin it!

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    Lyn May

    I'm a designer, teacher and printmaker. I'm also a gardener and allotment holder, so my blog might be a mix of stuff. 

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