'Dad' Lino Print

Today is Father's Day in the UK and I am wishing my amazing dad a very happy day! 

For his gift this year I made a small portrait of him in lino. Here are some photos of the making of the print and the final artwork. 

It is currently somewhere between Melbourne and Scotland and not with him yet....whoops! But soon to be with him hopefully!

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Mum & Dad circa 1970s

I love this photo of my parents taken sometime in the 70s. For their Christmas present this year I turned it into a wee lino and was lucky enough to be able to give it to them in person, in Scotland! 

'Curly Fish' Printing

Today I got a chance to print a small edition of my 'Curly Fish' lino. I used a pale grey/blue ink, and am rather happy with it!

It will be for sale on my Etsy store soon!

Pigeon Gillian 

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Inking up...

I always use a sheet of paper to help me centre the image...

It's always a nice surprise when you make your first print. I'm loving this grey colour...

This is the paper that I used for this print. It's super lovely and a traditional Japanese relief printing paper...

My drying rack....I love it!

Only Boring People Get Bored Print For Sale!

I am excited to share that my limited edition print 'Only Boring People Get Bored (Dark Grey)' is now for sale on my Etsy Store here.

These words were spoken to me when I was a child. I was often exclaiming “I’m bored!”, and to my annoyance at the time, I would get this response from parents, family and teachers! Nowadays, I am constantly keeping busy with projects and perhaps these words made a difference after all! This print took me about 3 years to finish, from start end. It was one of those projects that I would pick up when I had a spare half an hour in-between other projects – so it actually prevented me from becoming bored many times!

This is a limited edition of 12 prints in dark grey ink. Each print has the edition number (ie 1/12), the title and my signature.

Paper size is approximately 35 x 50cm, and the printed image is approximately 30 x 30cm.

Spring Flower Print For Sale!

My limited edition print, 'Spring Flower' is now for sale on my Etsy Store here. This single print evolved from a series of ink drawings that I made of fresh flowers. I had gone on a walk that morning and picked some beautiful wild spring flowers from our neighborhood and took them home to draw. I made about 5 observation drawings in about half an hour as my daughter was napping and I had a very small window of time! I love that the quick, gestural qualities of the ink drawing have remained in the lino cut. I think ink drawings translate really beautifully into a lino print; with each medium offering different and unique properties.

This is a limited edition of 11 prints in dark grey ink. Each print has the edition number (ie 1/11), the title and my signature.

Paper size is approximately 25 x 70cm (very long and skinny!), and the printed image is approximately 17.5 x 45cm.

Garden Heart Print All Framed Up!

I got the chance to help a friend frame up one of my prints today in an IKEA Ribba frame. How nice does it look in a black frame!

My Etsy Shop is Open

Hello everyone, 

My Etsy store is open! Whoop whoop! Yes, I am just a wee bit excited and I am feeling a bit proud of myself and super excited to be putting my artworks out in the world!

To celebrate the opening of my Etsy store there is 15% off all prints until midnight, 5th April 2016, Just enter the promo code: HELLOPIGEON15 at the checkout.

www.etsy.com/au/shop/PigeonGillian

Transition

I've been working on this little print over the last few weeks, for another blog that I am part of, Art Club. My submission is posted here, but below is some more detailed photos about the making of the artwork.

The theme for Art Club was 'Transition' and I chose to look at the transition between night and day/day and night. I love these times of days when the sky becomes bigger and more magical somehow!

Hope you like the print!

Gillian

New Lino tools!

I upgraded my Lino cutting tools today and am feeling very excited about working with them!