Linoprinting

The Christmas cards I printed earlier today are now drying - on the living room floor because there's no more room on my drying line for prints. 

Here is an image of the finished two colour print:

Mistletoe. Linoprint on paper 15x15cm. 2016

Linoprinting: work in progress

I need to fill an order for Christmas cards, so I got card stock out and reprinted a batch of cards with my two colour "Mistletoe" motif. These cards measure only 15x15cm, so I can do the registration directly on the press bed using masking tape to mark the position of lino plate and paper. Accurate registration guarantees that the prints of two or more different colours overlap precisely.

Linoplate and tape registration