Trimmings

Some weeks ago now we started on creating our handmade Christmas cards for this year. It was probably one of Brian’s more technical of designs. Which was a build of 4 Lino cuts to create the image of a champagne coupe.

The design, I thought, was gorgeous, although I had no real concept of what was needed to create it. That came over time, as he gradually explained to me what we needed to do, or rather what I needed to do with a scalpel, which was an awful lot of cutting!

Cutting done, we started the printing. The first layer didn’t work well, the paint was just not clear enough, so we ordered some liquid online to help add opacity to the paint.

A few days later, and we were back in business. First the yellow, then green, red and finally black. We then added a little ‘joyeuse Noël’ for a focal point.

I shall post the finished card just before Christmas.