weekend printmaking

Yesterday I spent the afternoon doing some potato printing.

It has been ages since I've done any printmaking so it was really nice to do some printing with such simple and immediate results.



I used some gold and navy fabric paints, chopped up a couple of potatoes and tried them out on some paper, tote bags and pillowcases.



The navy worked really well on the pillowcases. The gold paint doesn't look that bold from a distance but looks nice up close as it's really sparkly. I think I'll invest in a wider range of colours next time though - it would be good to create something really bright!



Pleasing potato patterns.

the tail end of christmas...

This year I did some lino printing for my christmas cards, which were inspired by a delightful craft night at Lucy's. I think some of them could have done with more colour but I was happy with the results.

Christmas and new year was a bit of a blur for me this year. My birthday is sandwiched in the middle and it feels like a lot happened in a very short space of time.

It's also weird when it goes from a really busy time in December to a sudden stop in January. I'm going to try and be productive this month to counteract the void.