Prints can be screenprints made at Edinburgh Printmakers studio, monoprints made on a small Xcut Xpress with sometimes some trace monotype over, or lino prints which can be stand alone or used to enhance a screenprint or monoprint.
My first screenprint using screen block. A two layer print based on Tarbat Ness lighthouse in Easter Ross, North East Scotland. It’s actually red and white but I only had time for two layers in the class where I made the print.
This image is also available as a blank note card. See shop for info.
Small concertina sketch books taken up the Pentlands Hills on Lynda’s daily walks during the corona virus lockdown in April 2020 were used as source material for this monoprint. Man’s impact on the landscape is a particular interest.
Monoprint
Image and paper size 19x56cm. £80.
This screenprint maps the many different layers of development at the Lochrin Basin of the Union Canal in Edinburgh. A previously industrial site of rubber works abd
A fascination with huts and sheds can be seen regularly in Lynda’s work. These are an edited selection of the huts found at Southwold Harbour in Suffolk.
Old postcards were used for these screen prints. For the Portobello prints, the original colours were changed to better reflect the colours found at the seaside. The Dungeness postcard shows the original colours of the old lighthouse – it is now painted all black and the new lighthouse has taken over the black and white stripes.
Screenprints using old postcards imagery.
1. The Pier Portobello edition of 12 £45
2. The Beach Portobello edition of 10 £45
3. Dungeness Lighthouse edition of 8 £45
Two screenprints with trace monotype, based on the small boats leaning against a wall at Cockenzie Harbour, East Lothian
Each in a varied edition of 4. Image size 28x20cm, paper size 44x32cm. £40 each.
