Lino carving in progress. Always think in reverse.
The carved linoleum rolled with ink
A selection of carvings from THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF MARY JANE MOSQUITO
The final print on paper
Linoleum carving tools
Here is a montage of photos demonstrating my lino-carving technique. It is a relief printing technique similar to woodcut. The parts that are carved out are negative spaces and the remaining raised surface is the art. It is virtually the same process you used when making potato prints in kindergarten.
Excerpted from the wonderful cabaret by Cree playwright and musician, Tomson Highway, published by Fifth House/Fitzhenry & Whiteside.
Sue Todd Illustration 