more birds on cloth and paper

christmas version of the Black Bird, in a limited edition of 15

christmas version of Red Bird, a unique print made especially for N&J, the Press donators; the arrival of this magnificent Press has inspired me enormously and spurred me on to discovering new techniques and ways of enhancing cloth and paper, adding yet another layer to the work

on this shortest day of the year, weatherwise a pretty horrible one, rain is streaming down as I type: an excellent excuse really for staying indoors and fiddling with the lino cutter, resulting in a surround for the birds, who knows what other animals may appear....

my dad bought these when we lived in the UK in the late sixties

detail: winter

two pieces in early stages of development with the new Birds, obviously

first trial prints on paper, how it might work in a frame; working in print-reverse is challenging: the tree cycle for example follows the seasons backwards....anti-clockwise I mean: in left print above winter is in the upper left-hand corner, spring lower left-hand corner, summer in the lower right-hand one, leaving autumn upper right-hand corner. Live and learn!