Day two at northern print

As predicted, my registration was out. Typically, the first two colours were fine (fine enough, I declare, for a first-timer) The third was a laugh. The result reminds me of cheaply made children's picture books from the 40's, which is a look I happen to like, so things worked out...

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To The Lake!

To The Lake!

After our print course on Saturday, we decided to cycle another 17 miles to Will's family home in Newton. I think the last 2 miles were actually spent getting from the outer edge to the centre of their sprawling land. It's pretty and big and pretty. With loads of cows....

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Screenprinting at Northern Print

Screenprinting at Northern Print

We made it to our introductory course, aided greatly by water, juice, bounty bars, Jelly Belly, M&Ms and an eat-while-you-cycle Mars Bar ice-cream. There were only 5 of us. The end game is not to produce a nice print. It's to understand the process behind creating one- "Great!" I think....

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More of this

I know I don't blog very much lately. There are a couple of reasons for falling behind and like most of my relationship problems, they all stem from me and my tendency to create a problem where there was formerly nothing for anyone to find concerning. In short, no good...

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Nobody ever intends on being sick

Nobody ever intends on being sick

Although, sometimes it can be avoided. See: knowing your limit; how to recognise when you've had too much; don't go out. For a little while I've been trying to get myself onto some sort of printing course and having contacted Northern Print, I discovered that what is available gets booked...

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