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The making of a print
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How "Dennis The Menace Being Chased By A Copper" was made. Watch as I tear the paper, put down the red bar, then Dennis's jersey, then finally the black ink.
NEW PRINT: HEATH ROBINSON'S TOP HAT
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NEW PRINT: HEATH ROBINSON'S TOP HAT
This is "Top Hat", one of Heath Robinson's, from 1916. There may be more to follow - his pen-and-ink drawings lend themselves to screenprinting.
William Heath Robinson (1872 – 1944) was an English artist, best known for drawings of unnecessarily complicated machines designed to achieve simple aims.
NEW PRINT: REEFER MADNESS
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NEW PRINT: REEFER MADNESS
My first foray into the world of film posters.
This one is for an American anti-drug propaganda film called Reefer Madness from the 1930s. It tells the story some high school students who get addicted to marijuana with horrific consequences including suicide and attempted murder.
NEW PRINT: THE PATH TO THE MOON
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This screenprint is of WT Horton's The Path To The Moon. It was first published in A Book Of Images, in 1898, which had an introduction by his great pal, the poet WB Yeats.
NEW! Betty Boop makes finger gun
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BETTY BOOP MAKES FINGER GUN
Here's my new Betty Boop screenprint: check out the shadow.
As ever, handpulled by me in my west London studio, on 300g cotton paper milled in Somerset.