Woodblock & linocut prints
I create wood block and linocut prints inspired by my environment and the seasons, all hand printed at my studio in North Devon. I have also been studying my local river and those drawings, the River Study Sketchbook, are now available as reproduction prints.
Spending time out of doors with Tim by my side provides all my references and themes.
In a nutshell
I have a deep and abiding connection to the earth and the turning seasons, creating gardens and keeping bees for over twenty years. But I also consistently return to the sea. The play of wind, cloud formations in all their variety and the shifting, elemental places where sea meets land are constant inspirations.
How my prints are made
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Drawing
When a subject has caught my attention, I have to decide which elements of the mass of detail in front of me are the most important. Drawing is an important part of this process.
The sketches are worked up into a design which is then transferred to wood or lino. I use wood for the block, usually birch, poplar ply or artists’ lino.
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Cutting
I then begin to cut, often making changes. Cutting is like drawing and the different tools give varied marks. I don’t like to have everything worked out beforehand - I like to react to the image as it evolves, sometimes ignoring earlier ideas, taking risks.
The block is inked with a roller, paper put down, pressure applied with a barren (a hand held tool to give pressure) or by using a press - and hey presto, the paper is lifted and there’s a print.
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Colour
Colour is layered up - usually light to dark - either with a separate block for each colour or by repeated cutting away and printing of less and less surface on the same block.
I use oil based inks and quality printmaking papers. The paper is important as it is often the ‘white’ of the picture and so a visible part of the finished work.
Watch my process in action
What they say
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“Vibrancy, colour and the contemporary nature of Pine Feroda’s work is what drew us to the print, we absolutely love it!”
- DAVID AMES
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“Art for Life was delighted to purchase Judith Westcott’s prints for Musgrove Park Hospital. Judith’s uplifting work brings the outside in which is so important in supporting patients and staff.”
— EMMA QUICK, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
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