Julian Brasington

I’ve created a page on my website bringing together photos, videos & fragments that follow the life of a relief print—from a blackened block before the first cut, through to the traces & remnants left behind. The page isn’t intended as a demonstration of technique so much as a record of looking. Much of what matters in relief printing never appears in the finished print itself. I’ve included a downloadable print catalogue on the page. You can visit here: https://www.julianbrasington.co.uk/prints #linocut

I’ve been making my own willow charcoal over the last few nights and if you’d like to try it, it’s a very simple process and produces a lovely charcoal.

1. Cut sticks of willow and strip off the bark;
2. Place equal thickness lengths in a tin can and cover the top with foil and pierce once;
3. Place in a hot fire and wait first for steam to appear through the hole in the top then flame;
4. Remove tin when the flame dies.
Takes 10-20 mins in the fire.

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Having spent so much time over recent years bent over small blocks of wood and lino it’s liberating to be working at scale.

Charcoal drawing, 56 x 76 cm (22” x 29”).

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