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Follow here my artistic journey and discover with me all the treasures of printmaking. Find here informations, tips and tricks and pictures of the process of creating original linocut prints; recent news about exhibitions; articles about inspirational printmakers... Do not hesitate to tell me what you think and ask as many questions as you like!

Many constraints and a lot of freedom...

Mar 10
1 min

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Many constraints and a lot of freedom...

Multi-block printing: precision and creativity In the series of answers to your frequent questions, after the rainbow roll, I propose...

Feb 1
1 min

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A rainbow on your roller!

Or how to print multiple colours in one press run... That's it! You have created your first print during a workshop and caught the...

Do you have to know how to draw to learn printmaking?

Oct 3, 2022
2 min

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Do you have to know how to draw to learn printmaking?

My answers to one of your most frequently asked questions… One of your most frequently expressed regrets when you discover printmaking is...

What can we learn from the signature of an original print ?

Jul 3, 2022
2 min

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What can we learn from the signature of an original print ?

TP, AE, HC… decrypting the mentions under an original print... As we know by now, prints are made by pressing an inked carved block on a...

Playing with different kinds of printmaking inks

May 16, 2022
3 min

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Playing with different kinds of printmaking inks

A little printing experiment to evoke the sparkle of the trees lit by the moon at night In a recent article we saw how a different colour...

From day to night and from spring to autumn…

Apr 17, 2022
2 min

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From day to night and from spring to autumn…

Multi-plates lino printing, an easy way to vary the atmosphere of a print by changing the colour if the ink while printing... When we...

From sketch to print, the journey of 'retour de plage'

Oct 16, 2021
1 min

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From sketch to print, the journey of 'retour de plage'

A four colours linocut reduction print While on holiday,I like nothing more than sketching en plein air… What better way to accurately...

Aug 17, 2021
2 min

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Printmaking is a game: jigsaw printing

See how to print different colors one next to another with clean edges thanks to the jigsaw printing technique! I recently submitted this...

Jul 31, 2021
2 min

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Is it raining? Head to the kitchen

And transform the colours of your cyanotypes! It still is summertime, officially. However, the sun is playing hide and seek… What to to...

Summertime! Printing with the sun: making cyanotypes

Jul 11, 2021
2 min

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Summertime! Printing with the sun: making cyanotypes

… and collecting inspiration for your next lino prints A cyanotype is a picture obtained by photographic printing process which was...

May 5, 2021
3 min

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The printmaker and the taste for risk taking : the reduction printing process

Making a reduction print requires to gradually destroy the block (wood, lino) each time a new color is to be printed. There is no way to...

Apr 7, 2021
1 min

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The process of relief printmaking: to see the world upside down?

The process to make an engraving implies inking a carved bock which will then be pressed to reveal the design. Discover it step by step...

The art of engraving, a pleasure for the eye and for the touch

Apr 6, 2021
3 min

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The art of engraving, a pleasure for the eye and for the touch

A print is made to be admired. Do you know that making a print is also a joy for the other senses ? Usually during the open studios as a...

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