Nature Imprinted

Publisher: Search Press
Format: BB Hardback
Pub Date: 21 March 2024
Dimensions: 204x260mm
Illustrations: 160
Page Extent: 160

Description

Capture the beautiful natural world with printmaking linocut blocks from Inky Dog Studio's Jane Spink. Learn to make your own linocut blocks of the world all around you.

Jane Spink, founder of dynamic and successful Inky Dog Studio, shares her working process for creating her stunning prints inspired by the natural world. Be taken through the initial sketches and inspirational photos, explore different linocut 'doodles' to discover your favourite marks to carve, then ultimately carve the final design onto a block.

Following an inspirational chapter and demo exercise on key linocut techniques, Jane guides you through 10 striking projects, each adding useful skills as you proceed. In this way, you build and develop your carving and printing skills at your own pace, while creating a remarkable work of art. Learn to carve birds, flowers, leaves and more, and simultaneously see how to make negative images, incorporate different colours and make complex versions.

From ready-to-use templates for all the projects, you can start making your own print blocks, and learn tips for developing the skills to create your own.

This is a gorgeous, highly visually intuitive how-to book that breaks away from the dry step-by-step guide, and will be a springboard for you to set out on, or advance further along, your own nature-inspired linocut journey.

"There is such joy in making a piece of art which is entirely yours: the outcome of a personal journey of creation which starts off as a mere idea in your mind’s eye; an idea which you take through the various stages of development, before creating a real-life, tangible piece of art, in every way personal to you."

"... My mission is to try and interpret the many incredibly beautiful markings and textures I see on the plants and animals around me, into the simplified marks that make up my prints."

About the Author

Jane is a UK-based artist and printmaker. After gaining a degree in Textile Design from Central Saint Martins in the 1980s, Jane worked as a freelance textile and graphic designer for almost 20 years, followed by 16 years of teaching art in schools. Jane set up her own art/printmaking practice, Inky Dog Studio, in 2018. Within very little time, Jane's stunning work has generated a passionate following worldwide, with over 100,000 followers on Instagram alone.

Jane lives and works in the historic market town of Rayleigh, Essex, UK.

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