Linocut Cygnus and lough derg

So I wanted to try somethign a little more elaborate and I was out of inspiration for any repeats, so i had a go at a picture, i was inspired by some of the work that I saw online, but wanted to do one of the lake near my house.

The linocut was a slightly different design as it had a swan flying across, but I didn't like it and took it out, just left the constellation cygnus instead. I tried working with block printing medium and oil paints and it just served to remind me that

• I really need a press for working on paper
• I hate using anything that is not water soluable.

So I went back to fabric, and printed up a couple of tee-shirts, all of this work is a first attempt, there are plenty of problems to iron out, and I need to mount the lino cut onto a block of wood as it is bending back on itself, which makes printing a bugger. For the tee-shirts I put the block down face up and tee on top, which made it a bit messy..but for an initial attempt, i am happy with them..

 the next two were initial proofs on paper, but it gives a clearer idea of what is going on..

 sky in this one was tidied up a bit, the fuzzy edges will definitely be cleaned up when I mount the block onto wood.

Gnome-y teeshirt

This is painted for a friend, for a personal craft swap. Its on the back and was just freehanded onto the fabric..and of course it got a spray of glitter once it was done!

stencilled tee shirts

I love the internet, a google search of stencil, will give some great images, we print them out, trace them onto freezer paper, cut out the stencil. Iron the shiny side of the freezer paper onto a (prewashed) t-shirt and then using screen printing inks, paint. I prefer screen printing inks as they are thicker and so don't bleed, they also have good colours.

here are some tee's that went as gifts, courtesy of Banksy and Starwars