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For this lino cut brief we were challenged to use something we had created this year during the semester as inspiration for the design. Due to the nature of lino and my very amatuer experience I decided to go with a simple design influenced by my self portrait, which was completed before the course began. From this I chose to focus on some off the small icons I used in the background, thus I then created the design that can be seen in figure 1. The reason for the two different colours was so that  i could easily distinguish which parts would be carved away and which wouldn't, simply so i would not get confused. After sketching the design onto the piece of lino i began carving into it which was simple due to the chosen design. If i had a more intricate design it would have been more difficult to carve. As i have had experience before with this printing technique the printing process was simple and i managed to create some successful prints. Figure 3 is my favourite of them all, as where the water was still on the lino it caused the ink to disolve thus creating a withered effect. I believe this adds texture to the piece to contrast with such a simple design. Given extra time I would have liked to experiment further with lino prints, increasing design complexity.



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