[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-the-frivolous-cake-new-lino-cut-print":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"I made a new lino cut print! It's a private commission and illustrates a poem called \u003Ci>The Frivolous Cake\u003C/i> by \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervyn_Peake\">Mervyn Peake\u003C/a>, from his Gormenghast book \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus_Groan\">\u003Ci>Titus Groan\u003C/i>\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>A freckled and frivolous cake there was\\r\nThat sailed upon a pointless sea...\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frivolous_cake_mcintyre-754d1c8cbc.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI didn't really have time to do this piece, and I did the first sketch quite quickly, to knock off a very small print. But then the client came back with a very reasonable offer of payment, so I decided I could get up extra early in the mornings and somehow fit in a more elaborate piece. So we decided to go with the second sketch. I really was going to say no, but I do love making lino cuts...\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frivolous_cake_rough-5f70eb491d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's some of the first cutting I did late one evening: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frivolous_cake_lino1-4f31a4eb23.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for lots more work-in-progress photos under the cut!-->\\r\nAnd here's the linoleum block, all ready to print! (I'd already bought some oil-based relief ink from \u003Ca href=\"http://intaglioprintmaker.com/\">Intaglio\u003C/a> on Southwark Bridge Road for the lino cut I made for the \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/483192.html\">Jubilee workshop with Rolf Harris\u003C/a>.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frivolous_cake_lino2-4dd0f99381.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nCan you see what it is? This is the fun bit, when I roll on the ink and the picture suddenly pops up. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frivolous_cake_lino3-329a88669e.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSo I lay the paper on top of it and rub the back of the paper with the spoon. Then when I peel off the paper, there's the picture, in reverse! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frivolous_cake_lino4-c6686b8c82.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSince it's oil-based ink, I have to use white spirit to clean up.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frivolous_cake_lino5-1e3f883318.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI can never entirely clean the block, it always keeps traces of the ink. But it still looks kind of cool. So there you have it, a new lino print!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frivolous_cake_lino6-0602b29399.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\\r\nOther news: Do you live anywhere near Berkshire? One of Britain's top writers, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.geraldinemccaughrean.co.uk/\">Geraldine McCaughrean\u003C/a> (\u003Ci>The White Darkness, Peter Pan in Scarlet\u003C/i>) has written a brand-new play which you can watch outdoors, from tomorrow. Bring your own picnic! \u003Ca href=\"http://www.watermill.org.uk/the_boxford_masques_at_welford_park_a_little_drama_at_the_big_house.html\">Details here\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.watermill.org.uk/the_boxford_masques_at_welford_park_a_little_drama_at_the_big_house.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/geraldine_mccaughrean_play-28a5326863.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAnd my \u003Ci>Oliver and the Seawigs\u003C/i> co-creator \u003Cb>Philip Reeve\u003C/b> has some new treats online for you! \u003Cb>Alex Fitch\u003C/b> has interviewed Philip and \u003Cb>Jodi Picoult\u003C/b> on Resonance FM, which you can now listen to as \u003Ca href=\"http://panelborders.wordpress.com/2012/07/23/book-list-young-adult-authors/\">a podcast here\u003C/a>. I've only read one of Jodi's books, \u003Ci>My Sister's Keeper\u003C/i>, but I'm curious to read her first YA novel, \u003Ci>Between the Lines\u003C/i>. And I had no idea that she was only the second woman to write for \u003Ci>Wonder Woman\u003C/i>, who would've thought.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://panelborders.wordpress.com/2012/07/23/book-list-young-adult-authors/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/booklist-ef3ef0ebe8.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAnd \u003Cb>Jeffrey Lamar\u003C/b> has interviewed Philip about his music playlist, so \u003Ca href=\"http://mediocrityisthenewgenius.com/2012/07/18/m-i-t-n-gs-let-music-be-your-muse-series-sets-its-sights-on-mortal-engines-author-philip-reeve/\">click over to hear the connections between the songs and his writing\u003C/a>. And if you just want to listen to the tracks straight through, and have Spotify, here's the playlist:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"1858\"/>","2012-07-24T14:08:00.000Z","the-frivolous-cake-new-lino-cut-print",[],"the frivolous cake: new lino cut print!",1776628724025]