Creating textile prints with linocuts

 So this is what my table look like when I'm printing - lots of pots of mixed colours, lots of sponges and plenty of kitchen roll and tissues to clean messy fingers and clean around the edges of the linocuts.

As you can see, my cat Jenny likes to keep a close eye on proceedings.

I usually listen to some comedy programmes on the radio when I print - Clare in the Community on Radio 4 is a particular favourite. But today I listened to BBC1's The Voice on iplayer and I really enjoyed it, despite my slight sniffy prejudice against tv singing contests.      

These are a few of the linocuts - they are well used but as long as I clean them up well they still perform well. 

              

                

I apply the ink to the linocut quite sparingly with a small sponge with a little dabbing motion and then place the linocut on the linen and press down firmly, smoothing it over with my fingers.

 

Printing the elephants' jackets with a separate linocut.

And that's it!