about the author: bad print making

Feeling discouraged by my last attempt at print making I tried again because you can only keep trying.

I was told that hessian backed lino gives a better result. It is harder to carve, but won't be moved so much in the press so less of the extra 'bits' won't come through in what is supposed to be negative space.

This is true, but this print was far from good.

The edges in this print were messy and I couldn't get the small details. I suspect having so much cut out space is what's leading to the 'extra bits', but also perhaps not the greatest tools. I need to take much more care with carving.

The colours themselves weren't even a good choice! The green is garish which is far from Murakami's sensitive writing.

But it's a little bit of progression.