The experiment is over. Not what I expected as the finished print but the method of printing gave me very little real control over the outcome, in other words I wasn’t in charge, just working with what the materials gave me and adjusting and adapting as I printed each colour. The registration was all ‘freehand’ with no registration jig of any kind so you really are working by eye and being surprised at how each colour prints. Only one woodblock was used and all six colours applied after the block were applied using different substrates where, yet again, each printing was a case of accepting what you were given with each application of each colour being totally variable, although within the given colour range. All-in-all I am pleased with the process, it’s experimental but very interesting and I can see lots of applications with found surfaces and textures but in truth you can print off absolutely anything. Do I prefer Lino to wood? Lino gives you a constant and consistent surface to work with and with wood you are at the mercy of an inconsistent surface particularly when you utilise ‘found’ timber. I’ve decided that I like them both.
John Richardson Lino Prints 
A good reminder that we are really not in control of anything – although we often like to think we are.
I think this turned out well.
You use a lot of lingo that is foreign to me but I suppose that’s way lino printers talk. 🙂
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Good morning Linda, sorry about the tardy reply but it seems if I am always visiting hospitals, consultants, specialist nurses and more! having spent all my working life as a graphic designer/typographer working with commercial printers and also printmakers I suppose you absorb a lot of specialist lingo and without realising it you drop into it! My apologies. If there’s anything you need explaining I’ll happily try. I’m just formulating, in my head, a book about my experiences with cancer, hospital, consultants, nurses, psychologists, radiographers, oncologists, nurses and even hospital porters. At the moment it’s a bit of a jumble but the mists are clearing! God bless the National Health Service, the NHS has been, and is, fantastic. When I get it finished I’ll send you a copy. there’ll only be a short self published run of copies. All the best to you and yours. Stay safe and well. John
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John, I am delighted to hear about your new venture and look forward to hearing about your experiences. I so wish we had such a health service here. It would be such a gift to the disadvantaged. All the best on your journey.
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and, btw, I look forward to reading your book! 🙂
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