Comments on The Hermitage: Linoleum Nuptuals

I studied art in East London... South Africa. :-D ...

2008-09-20T12:04:00.000+01:00

I studied art in East London... South Africa. :-D It confuses people here (North Scotland) terrible when I say I once lived near East London.

I miss wood carving the most. I can't say if I was any good at it, I just loved it. the feel of a chisel and mallet in my hands and the smell of wood chips. THe only art I've done since I moved countries is a half-finished water colour soul-portrait of myself stuck in the back of a closet. Problem is I like water colours unfinished. I like the wash and pencil vagueness. I really don't want to finish it.

wandering around your blog I'm feel restless for a way to get creative again. I left all my "stuff" when I moved hemispheres and at first that was devestating - you know. Stuff that is worthless and cannot justify paying to send around the world like last dregs of paint and dyes, old buttons, beads, my very rusty wood carving tools. I arrived here pared down to bare me. It just killed any desire to create stone dead. My husband bought me paper and paints, but I'd just sit and look at their brand newness and feel as blank as the paper!

Now I've lived here long enough to start hoarding stuff again I'm starting to feel more alive. I think I must have been a squirrel in a former life. ;-)

You make it all sound so simple Rima! How talente...

2008-09-20T00:58:00.000+01:00

You make it all sound so simple Rima! How talented you are. I'm sure your brother and new sister in law will love it.

superbe, ça fait plaisir à voir;D

2008-09-15T22:04:00.000+01:00

superbe, ça fait plaisir à voir
;D

Fab! And cranes are a Japanese symbol of long life...

2008-09-15T17:37:00.000+01:00

Fab! And cranes are a Japanese symbol of long life too, so a long life to the marriage.

I fear it is not so easy as you make it look but I...

2008-09-15T14:15:00.000+01:00

I fear it is not so easy as you make it look but I want to through caution to the wind and give it a go!!

x V.

RIMA!!! You are great! I always wanted to try lino...

2008-09-15T10:15:00.000+01:00

RIMA!!! You are great! I always wanted to try lino, and now I'm definitely trying it! I'll get some linoleo later on! Lovely work, by the way...

thank you so much for sharing this. It gives me gr...

2008-09-14T23:18:00.000+01:00

thank you so much for sharing this. It gives me great ideas when I see process work.

absolutely fabulous. Anyone who receives such a b...

2008-09-13T23:40:00.000+01:00

absolutely fabulous. Anyone who receives such a beautiful invite will be very lucky indeed!

Talented girl.

2008-09-13T19:12:00.000+01:00

Talented girl.

Gorgeous work. I love your blog. I have nominated ...

2008-09-13T01:56:00.000+01:00

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Absolutely beautiful...a design that the lucky cou...

2008-09-12T21:24:00.000+01:00

Absolutely beautiful...a design that the lucky couple can use all their married life.
Great tutorial. I have some little fellows that you might like to meet on my current blog post. Would love to hear what you think of them.

That's lovely :) the design reminds me a bit of th...

2008-09-12T21:23:00.000+01:00

That's lovely :) the design reminds me a bit of those celtic knotwork animal patterns all intertwined, very cool :)

Enelya :)

Just beautiful!I have nominated your blog for an a...

2008-09-12T18:10:00.000+01:00

Just beautiful!

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Lovely design - looks like it belongs on a Celtic ...

2008-09-12T10:12:00.000+01:00

Lovely design - looks like it belongs on a Celtic brooch.

Thanks for your help Rima, the print is very lovel...

2008-09-12T08:48:00.000+01:00

Thanks for your help Rima, the print is very lovely and executed with such skill.

I attended a Janine Pope workshop, she is a print maker and book artist. It was very inspiring, she made a printing press out of a pasta making machine! I seem to remember that you can use a piece of transparent film, the sort of A4 plastic sleeves that fit into ring binders, as a sort of emergency surface to roll out ink, although I think glass is best.

Hello folks, thank you all for your kind words... ...

2008-09-12T07:15:00.000+01:00

Hello folks, thank you all for your kind words... yes I am rather pleased with how it turned out :)
To answer questions about the japanese lino - yes it does seem hard to find on the web. I bought it from a printing supplies shop in south London some years ago. Shall see if I can do a bit of hunting.
The tools are my dad's woodcarving tools :)
Happy weekend all x

Beautiful!

2008-09-11T23:48:00.000+01:00

Beautiful!

Wow. These are so beautiful. I would be happy to ...

2008-09-11T23:25:00.000+01:00

Wow. These are so beautiful. I would be happy to attend any wedding that invited me in such a magical way!
Really...these are gorgeous.

This post is so well timed as I have been trying t...

2008-09-11T22:07:00.000+01:00

This post is so well timed as I have been trying to teach myself lino printing and have been ordering supplies of the internet. I have tried a white, soft substance called soft-cut but would love to know the name of the stuff that you are using. Also, do you use wood block cutting tools?

How pretty is that? Even the linoleum is beautiful...

2008-09-11T20:03:00.000+01:00

How pretty is that? Even the linoleum is beautiful, in itself. I made one of these myself, way back in college. Your brother and his "soon to be" are going to love these, Rima!! :)

Simply stunning! I'd love to know the brand of li...

2008-09-11T19:47:00.000+01:00

Simply stunning! I'd love to know the brand of linoleum you used as I'm not getting any good results googling Japanese linoleum.

An auspicious beginning for a marriage, to be sure...

2008-09-11T15:52:00.000+01:00

An auspicious beginning for a marriage, to be sure. Such a good design =:0} My brother got married last year, they had sort of generic invites, they didn't consult me on that, though I was their "minister". The Japanese lino looks yummy to work on, I have only encountered the sort of stiff stuff.....

How lovely - you certainly do have a steady hand! ...

2008-09-11T15:51:00.000+01:00

How lovely - you certainly do have a steady hand! Your design reminds me when we used to screenprint teashirts to sell with celtic knotwork designs. (Every time I see celtic knotwork I get reminded of that time!)

Mmmm, really interesting to see the 'how' of arriv...

2008-09-11T13:37:00.000+01:00

Mmmm, really interesting to see the 'how' of arriving at this end result. I wonder if this could be made easier to handle by mounting it on a wood block like a regular stamp.

Lovely! Thanks for sharing the process.

2008-09-11T11:52:00.000+01:00

Lovely! Thanks for sharing the process.