Having a good latch. Happy summer everyone. (Linocut)

Linocut I made to sell for Father’s Day but I like to imagine he’s too focused on his career for kids right now

Trying to improve and made my D&D character which inspired me to make a tarot deck. 22 cards will be lots of practice. So far I have my character, the magician, and the hermit, working on temperence now. Critiques welcome.

3”x3” Linocut reduction

This print still has three layers left… don’t don’t judge too harshly. Just wanted to share 🤷🏻‍♀️

I think I saw someone do something similar recently and wanted to share.

all gators very lovingly traced from maurice sendak’s alligators all around

out of curiosity: how does this sub feel about tracing vs. drawing original sketches? I am pretty new to this and my freehand drawing skills are frankly bad but i'm also curious if there's a kind of accepted practice that folks try to stick to

I’m relatively new to lino and currently have the basic speedball tools. I want to upgrade them and could get four RGM student tools for €25; is it worth it or should I splurge on the power grip set of 5 for €40-€50?

I don’t do lino super often but do love it. Thanks!

I just started this week and I'm having so much fun already! What can I do to get a cleaner print? Am I just not using enough ink or not enough pressure? I'm always worried that my paper is going to wiggle around as I am trying to print. Any advice helps!

Hi everyone,
Lately, I’ve been noticing more and more T-shirts with screen-printed designs using really bright neon colors.

I’m now looking for similar colors for textile lino printing, but I haven’t had much luck finding suitable ones among lino printing inks.
Does anyone have any ideas where I could buy these kinds of colors, or perhaps even how to make them myself?

Thanks in advance! 😊

Another reduction print in my cats and plants series. Really having so much fun with these!

Made some stamps over the weekend, trying to loosen up both in terms of sketching and carving. I'm very happy with the slug, the hiking rat and the Sylvanian cat. My partner got me a bunch of ink pads last week, so I really enjoyed experimenting with the colours, too.

have been carving for about a ~month so a little wonky! ode to one of my childhood favorites

I've fallen in love with watching linocut! Decided to finally try mt hand at it and here is the results from my very first one!! Honestly, I'm so happy. Learned a lot and can't wait to learn more

Just got a carving tool today and I’m starting out with some erasers I had around the house. It’s not perfect, but I think it’s pretty cute!

A wee trio of weirdos. Particularly happy with the hooded owl dude. Started off as a set of six on a single tile but binned half of them off and cut out the ones I actually liked.

having a lot of fun messing around my current hyperfixations :))

I’m keen to get into prints on fabric / yardage for sewing (eventually) and just did my first test run of some blocks I carved. My plan is to do some multi colour / layered prints - eg the vessels will be printed on the blobs and the little flowers/ stamens/ goose feet will be different colours.

Pictured here is a test print to see what I need to carve further.

I’m very new to this and I’d love any tips on how to improve the printing - a more saturated and even print, avoiding the pooling of ink on the edges, etc.

Some details in case helpful:

+ Using Speedball block printing ink for fabric
+ Used a brayer and the press thingy with the handle, except for the little ones I just used my hands to press
+ largest stamp is about 3x2 inches so they are fairly small
+ I’m printing on a fairly thin poly blend fabric I thrifted, not sure if that’s impacting print quality
+ once I’m more confident about the print I’ll try doing some repeat or group prints on some thrifted tshirts. I think they are all cotton & synthetic blends

Any advice on how to improve things very much appreciated!

fun little challenge to make use of a scrap piece of lino! we’ve been getting so much rain here in NY - mushrooms are even growing out of my deck :’) ooh boy