31 July 2015
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And we’ve finished: Today was quite an intense work out. I was working with eight sheets of paper, two proofing sheets, five on printing paper and one on washi, a Japanese paper made from mulberry fibres that feels like a … Continue reading
30 July 2015
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Today has mainly been about experimenting with printing colours, with sheets such as the one below: I have done a little cutting though, based on some of the earlier proofs. For example, I’ve ditched the attempt to print the stems … Continue reading
29 July 2015
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Today I finished carving my fourth block and printed my first complete proof: Can you see what it is yet? It is (and will remain) quite abstract but you might begin to guess that it represents chive flowers. The background … Continue reading
28 July 2015
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Today has mostly been taken up with transferring my design to sheets of plywood and then carving out the non-printing areas from each one. The results look like this: If you looked carefully you might spot my mistakes, like the … Continue reading
27 July 2015
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This week I’m at a summer school in Oxford learning about Japanese Woodblock Printing. So far, we’ve been given an introduction, including a demonstration of printing, and done some carving away on a practise block to get used to the … Continue reading
26 July 2015
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That’s the appearance of the back garden a few days ago. Compared to last month it looks a little fuller and has a richer variety of colours. However, you can see that it is already beginning to head towards the … Continue reading
25 July 2015
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After all that rain yesterday – a whole month’s worth in one day according to some reports – I was disappointed not to find my water butts full to the brim. There must have a been a blockage washed down … Continue reading
24 July 2015
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Today feels like the first day of the holidays. After a pretty busy week at work with some long-ish days trying to get a few things finished off, I’m now away from the office until early August and, even after … Continue reading
23 July 2015
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Last week we finally ticked the box on a long-outstanding home maintenance job when we had decorators round to paint the outside of the house. Originally it was a pale cream colour – approaching dirty cream even by the time … Continue reading
22 July 2015
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Apparently there is a project taking place to put small cameras in the horns of wild rhinos. Is that “Big Brother” gone mad? Maybe not. The initiative is to protect rhinos which often suffer at the hands of poachers. Previously … Continue reading