Quite a few weeks ago I spent some time carving lino … faces and flowers and just general shapes. Such a very pleasant way to spent a lazy afternoon … but until now the cut lino has just been stashed on my desk.

Pleasingly, I finally had a chance to do some printing yesterday. I used a clamp style press rather than the main printing press and I think it has printed better this way.

I am pleased with this face; she worked out better than I thought. It is only a small print but seeing her printed has given me the confidence to carve her again but perhaps on a bigger scale. I do so love creating faces … more than nature images or abstracts.