Gumnuts continued

Yesterday's gumnuts have inspired me to experiment. I have a couple of printing blocks which I have had for far longer than I care to admit. So the time has come to attack them.

After lots of playing with Photoshop - a challenge in itself - I have come up with the following two images. I really like them both. Now to get out the lino cutting tools which I have had (unopened for nearly as long) and give it a try.

I will show you the results if they are not a complete disaster. The plan is to make some postcards using other mysterious things hiding in my studio.
Original photo

My adjusted images

Mini Printing Workshop

At my quilt group tonight we had a mini workshop with Alison Muir who had learnt a technique at a Wendy Lugg workshop and adapted it to her style. I love the way quilters share.
Basically you use what we call contact paper - sort of sticky paper used for shelf & drawer liners - as a resist and then print/stamp/paint over it.
These are my two pieces. It was a lot of fun and I think I will be playing more with this technique.