2 December 2024

Last year I was experimenting with linocut pressed into clay. I decided to have a go at using making some plaster reliefs for the Vision Pop Up Shop.

To make the plaster reliefs I poured the plaster on the lino and the weight of the plaster as it settles sets into the crevices on the lino. I used a vaseline based gel over the lino so that I could pull it out of the plaster once it had set. The idea was for the portraits to be able to stand on a shelf without needing to be framed, make it more versatile and suitable for homes with not much hanging space on the walls. To enable them to do this I had to sand down the rough edges, level and smooth the edges and backs. This way they were able to be free standing but would also lie flat against a wall if someone wished to mount or hang them in some way.

My work on display at the pop up shop. I’m really pleased with how they look and my four prints look just as I envisioned them when I thought about how to display them.