And on  the 08th of February 2009 there shall be printing – The printing of a stereotypical brain hungry Zombie from the haunted house on the hill.

With my desk cleaned of all of the usual clutter that accumulates thanks to the previous days room-cleaning marathon I finally decided to do some good ol printing. It’s been a while since I had printed any lino blocks and I was curious how it would go, and wether or not I could actually find all of my equipment! After a bit of reconnoissance and much checking of the various boxes around my room I finally found everything I needed and got under way.

I was printing a block that I had carved some time ago. It had been sitting hidden in my book case waiting for just the right time to be printed. A fun little piece, yet one of the more detailed pieces I have done in terms of fine little lines and subtle cuts. I was a little nervous about printing it and was worried if I would be able to accurately pick up all of the fine detail. Much to my amazment everything went smoothly right from the very first print, it went so well infact I decided to keep going. At the end of the mamouth session I had managed to ink up and print 20 different prints in 5 different colours, something I have never done before in one session… and my arms really hurt! 

Despite the pain and lack of muscle power in my upper arms I am so happy with the way these turned out. The purple was a little tricky as the ink had become very watery and almost un-usable but with some perseverance, trial and error I managed to make it work and think it compliments the set nicely. Now I just have to wait for them to dry and stick them up on my wall! I will upload some more pictures of the coloured prints once they are dry enough to scan.