Oooops!

Unfortunately this is what happens when the base of the spring-form cake tin leaks.......or was not correctly fitted in the first place! Luckily I always bake it on a tray, which this time caught almost all the runaway cake batter.

When I removed the cake tin from the tray with the baked cake batter, I was left with an interesting circular shape, rather like a planet I thought.  I hate waste, so the baked cake batter on the tray will be cut up and served with lemon juice and vanilla yogurt.
 

Lino Rooster

 With very little time available just now, it's taken me a while to start refining my rooster lino cut. I've added the tree to one side, and the foliage at the top

and generally cleaned the print up a little, but it will take at least another session to remove more of the 'noise' of the carving. Here I've tried out a bright colour red on the bird's comb, but it's too bright now, so I'll revert to the darker red in the final print. I also tried out some iridescent blue on the tail feathers, but it really didn't turn out very well, so I probably won't continue with that idea.

Lino Cut

It's a long time since I did any lino cutting, but I took the plunge this week and started to work on an idea that I had for a particular exhibition. This is the first printing from the plate with the addition of a little red and yellow paint, but there is a long way to go from here.