Here's some of my relief printing, block/lino, printing from a home made hydraulic printing press using oil based inks.

Initially I was encouraged to "have a go" with the support of the Age UK initiative, supported by Leicester City Council, and hosted by Leicester Print Workshop.

As well as being just plain fun. it has also bee quite personal.

These are relief prints, 'Sirens' based on 'The Odyssey' one of the ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer, 'Two Girls Fishing' is inspired by Suzuki Harunobu (c. 1725 – 8 July 1770) who was a Japanese designer of woodblock print art, and Doña Isabel is my relief print version of my outdoor board paing for the Ashby Arts Festival 2024 (click here).

"Banks' Mills " was for the 2020 International Print Exchange. The printmaking men shows the activity and the references to the supporting organisations, Age UK, supported by Leicester City Council, and hosted by Leicester Print Workshop. 

The nude, Joceline, is a fantastic model I’ve had the pleasure to work with, going back some seven years, and she appears in my photographic work on this site. I wanted a simplistic angular shape result.

The horse, Leo, my 7/8 thoroughbred, again identifying and deploying simple shapes, and showing, I hope, his sense of fun. 
And the cat, Grey, an ex farm cat who was as soft as anything, with no interest in hunting (sadly now passed away but always in our memories), and playing with a more furry approach!

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