Northern Irish printmaker and illustrator Rosanna Reade is largely self-taught, working primarily in lino. The now Edinburgh-based printmaker had been mulling over the idea for her most recent print for some time. She tells us; “Lately I’ve been drawn to a semi-autobiographical theme to my work, and the idea for ‘Going for a Walk’ was inspired by the close relationship I have with the family dogs, who I frequently walk with alone.” One of the over arching themes of all of her work, however, is imagination, thus she stayed away from creating a ‘straight’ image of a dog and a girl. “I liked the idea of rays of light showing physical places or images, but also the places where your attention and thoughts go while on a walk. I think this is quite an accurate portrayal of how my brain works,” says the illustrator.
Rosanna’s artistic process involves a lot of doodling, and then using Procreate to get the right image, and carbon paper to transfer the image to the soft cut Lino block. “Carving the block might be my favourite part, I like to get lost in the process,” describes Rosanna. This print took the most amount of time of any of her prints thus far, resulting in a strong, clean, and detailed appearance. Going for a Walk is printed onto Japanese Hosho paper using Caligo Safe Wash in.
Rosanna concludes; “I’m really pleased with how it turned out, and I particularly like the waterfall section. One of my biggest inspirations is comic books and graphic novels, and I like to imagine this print could be a spread page of a comic… maybe one day!”
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