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| Lino and roller by Jo Howell |
Forward thinking has helped me to decide to diversify my practise, as in the past I have always made one-off items which can be expensive. Since Christmas isn't too far off I thought I would have a go at lino printing so I can make hand printed Christmas cards that I can sell at Sunniside market or in the Creative Cohesion Gallery.
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| Lino Test 1 by Jo Howell |
It makes sense to try to make smaller more craft like items for people to buy as gifts, I have learnt this through experience, as last year I only made a couple of sales of my larger works. Christmas is a hard time for everyone so every penny counts! I found that the actual carving of the lino was really quite hard work, but the results definitely inspired me enough to want to continue with the plan.
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| Lino Test 2 by Jo Howell |
As you can see there are a number of ways that you can present the print, incorporating colour in the background, or in fact printing in multiple colours. I will keep the designs very stylised and made of simple shapes, some text and colour. If you want to buy hand printed Christmas cards once I have made them all (watch this space) or come down to the
Creative Cohesion building where Maverickart is based.
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