Printed Pictures: Lino printing

One of the outcomes from my first go at creating a lino print with two colours. Here I chose to use purple because I wanted a high contrast between the ink and the blank paper to make a clear and powerful print. I also chose to pair this with a metallic gold to emphasis the romance and mysterious glamour/power of love in the play. I really liked how this came out however during the process of cutting the lino print I was extremely concerned as I found it really difficult to control the tools and ended up making all of the scratches across the print. In the final outcome I think the scratches fit in well with the details in the print. However for future prints I will try to master my tools through lots of practice with lino and perhaps cut less deeply so that there is less force to scratch the rest of the surface.