Hand crafted lino prints to adorn your wall space.
"Invite my artwork into your space as your creative expression."
- Katrina Alexandra
Behind the art.
Katrina Alexandra
Having passionately pursued many creative expressions my background is in illustration, design and floristry. I discovered lino print when a tattoo artist I follow on instagram started experimenting with print making. I was living in Melbourne and faced a 2 week isolation on return to New Zealand at the peak of the covid pandemic. After a mad dash to my nearest art supply shop to stock up on lino, carving tools, ink and paper I caught the last flight home. Over the next 2 weeks isolating in an airbnb in Hawkes Bay I created my first lino prints. I haven't stopped since. Now we are on our journeys together as you invite my artwork into your space as your creative expression. Thanks for having me.
How lino prints are created.
A lino print is a type of relief printmaking, similar to the better known woodcut but carved into a sheet of linoleum. I'm using a natural linoleum made from linseed oil and wood flour backed with hessian. The process of creating a print has several steps.
Design - I design my prints with an iPad and Apple Pencil on procreate before printing and transferring to the lino block.
Carving - Using Pfeil carving tools, I cut away the parts of the lino I don't want to print. The areas that remain raised pick up the ink.
Inking - Using oil based inks on a brayer I roll the surface of the lino with ink.
Printing - With help from my beautiful antique print press created from repurposed parts, I press paper onto the lino block creating the ink trasnfer.
Reveal - The most exciting moment when you lift the paper and see the mirror image outcome of the carved design.
