Happily, I placed a couple of orders this week for ‘essential’ crafting supplies, and top of the list was more lino, to continue my printing experiments. The place was out of the softcut lino I used previously, so I bit the bullet & ordered some ‘real’ lino. The parcel just arrived (happy day! 🙂 ), & opening the box, the smell took me right back to my school days!
I only did lino-cutting once before my recent attempts, and that was back at school, taking GCSE art. I’d forgotten the smell of the stuff until I opened the box! I know (I remember!) it’s going to be a lot harder work carving this stuff than the softcut, but I’ll give it a go & see how it turns out. I’ve heard that slightly heating the lino before carving makes it much easier, so I’ll definitely be implementing that advice!
I also got some more pigment ink blocks in some lovely colours that I thought would be nice for blending with the brown I already have – 3 additional browns, a berry purple, and a couple of mossy greens. Yum 🙂
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