Delightfully Chaotic Co.

The process of designing and creating my lino-cut prints.

All my designs begin life as digital illustrations on my iPad, once drawn, I print it out and transfer it onto a sheet of lino or rubber. I then begin carving my design using a variety of gouges and blades. It can take anywhere from an hour, to carve a simple design, to a few days to carve larger, more intricate designs.

After carving, I then prep the surface. With art prints, I take large A1 sheets of card and rip them up into the correct sizes, I love this method as it means I can choose any size I'd like my work to be and that each piece has a raw deckled edge which looks striking when displayed in a glass frame. For greeting cards, I measure and cut them with a craft knife and then score the centre fold line.

Next, I print using either colour straight from the tube or I hand-mix a few to get the shade I want. Some designs only require one layer of ink, but some have multiple which need to dry out before the next one can be added, meaning prints can take a few weeks to complete.