Three new linocuts

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Over the last three months I have working on two new linocut prints: “Forest in Snow, Wales” (2024) and “Kafka in the Garden” (2025). As with all of the previous linocuts they went through extensive stages. First they were sketched out roughly. Then more detailed drawings in pencil were made. The next stage was the making of ink drawings to the exact scale of the lino tiles. These were then traced and the tracing applied in reverse to the tiles. This guide was followed closely except where I introduced changes. These were where I found a mistake, introduced a correction or adapted some element that would not have worked in the linocut. (Sometimes one draws a part that is too delicate to be cut in lino, which is quite a crude medium, especially compared to wood-engraving.) The plate was cut using gouges and knives.