Lino cut - reworking St Martin's church

This print is (no longer a surprise) for my friend - a new lino cut of a place that is dear to her heart - and then some experimentation with the printmaking process. The print is a mix of Japanese oil based inks on hand made cotton paper. Once dried, about 24 hours or so later, the print was hand painted with water colours. I also experimented by printing on a metallic gold sheet, cartridge paper, coloured paper and limiting the area burnished during the print process to just my hand. Final image (below) is a ghost print made before the decision to remove more of the "sky" area.  A lovely way to spend the afternoon ... and now to work with the images on cloth...