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Those nice people at Creative Review featured my work on their...

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:06:40 +0100

Those nice people at Creative Review featured my work on their round-up of the Camberwell Undergrad show. Click here to read the full blog post.

Test printing a new lino of the little fox that roams the...

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:13:14 +0100

Test printing a new lino of the little fox that roams the gardens of Penn Road where we’ve been house-sitting for some friends this week.

In the build up to our final uni hand-in last week I spent a lot...

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:29:13 +0100

In the build up to our final uni hand-in last week I spent a lot of time cutting three A4 pieces of lino. Each was a quote from a small book of stories I’ve been making about knitters across the UK. They took around 14 hours each to cut so I’m crossing my fingers that I didn’t make any spelling mistakes! They will be on display with three other linocuts in our degree show later this month.

Test printing a new lino cut.

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:37:25 +0100

Test printing a new lino cut.

the yarn that binds- your stories needed!

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:37:00 +0100

I am collecting stories of uk knitters to create a small book that celebrates the power of a shared...

I’ve been in Canada. My friend got married near Vancouver...

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:20:24 +0100

I’ve been in Canada. My friend got married near Vancouver and it was the perfect excuse for a holiday; visiting old friends, making new ones, hanging out in the city, going to the country and a bit of spring snowboarding too.

1. Falkland, BC 2. Granville Island Market 3-4. Whistler with my parents 5. Vancouver Art Gallery 6. Riding with the lovely Windmill family nr. Vernon

Two A3 lino prints designed for a project with NW3 Hobbs

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:51:35 +0000

Two A3 lino prints designed for a project with NW3 Hobbs

My screen printed ‘A-Z of Endangered Community Life’...

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:52:00 +0000

My screen printed ‘A-Z of Endangered Community Life’ tea-towels are now being sold by ToDryFor

They can be purchased online here or if you prefer the good old fashioned way of doing things, pick one up from the lovely shop Comma in Oxford

photos by todryfor

Lymington, lino print A recent 2-colour print made in honour of...

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:25:05 +0000

Lymington, lino print

A recent 2-colour print made in honour of my grandma (Gam) and the nice afternoons spent drinking tea and wandering around the quay together.

Let the spirit of valentines day live on with a fruity lino printed wallpaper. Click the links below...

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:57:08 +0000

Let the spirit of valentines day live on with a fruity lino printed wallpaper. Click the links below...

Winifred, linoprint

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:00:05 +0000

Winifred, linoprint

Cwor! I haven’t posted in ages- things have been busy over...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:30:06 +0000

Cwor! I haven’t posted in ages- things have been busy over here with dissertation writing and project deadlines. Well, here’s a lino print for my four legged friend Monty, who was in a brilliant mood this morning despite all the snow and ice up at the stables. What a champ!

Things are getting Christmassy way up north (I’m back from...

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:03:13 +0000

Things are getting Christmassy way up north (I’m back from London for the holidays) baking salt-dough decorations, crocheting gifts and lino printing cards… and not forgetting lovely frosty walks up the Peak District hills.

london terrace, lino print

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:03:19 +0000

london terrace, lino print

Things have been so crazy lately that I forgot to send santa my...

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:30:13 +0000

Things have been so crazy lately that I forgot to send santa my annual letter asking for a dog. So I’m working on a 2-colour doggie lino print to stamp all over my christmas wrapping paper, hopefully someone will get the hint…

this week we put up a mini-show. best days of the year yet.

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:03:06 +0000

this week we put up a mini-show. best days of the year yet.

1960’s bungalows, lino print

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:38:32 +0000

1960’s bungalows, lino print

We gained one whole extra hour this weekend. Having extra sleep...

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:30:06 +0000

We gained one whole extra hour this weekend.

Having extra sleep is nice but there are plenty of other regular weekends to do that.

I decided to spend my hour doing something that is useful to me.

Last week I went life-drawing for the first time in 2 years and I’d forgotten how helpful the quick warm-up sketches are.

Literally I am a different person when I’m in that zone, the perfectionist in me gives way to the unpredictable free messy Hannah, who cares less about accuracy and more about experimentation.

It’s a shame that I reserve this for Thursday night classes, so I thought I’d do some practising.

Every three minutes for my extra hour I did one drawing and tried my best not to care if it was good or not (most of them aren’t!)

Another great thing about life-drawing class is showing my crap drawings to a room full of strangers- equally as nerve-wracking as sharing crap drawings over a blog.

Here they are.

test prints of lino leaves

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:00:06 +0100

test prints of lino leaves

Lino print for my FMP research about craftswomen, local...

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:21:05 +0100

Lino print for my FMP research about craftswomen, local relationships and the transition movement. Baa