Tag Archives: Kizuki paper

Are they concentric, Dave?…

Posted on December 6, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s blancmange is a mange that’s feeling a bit blank. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, yes, they are indeed concentric!Their centre point sits about half-an-inch outside the border of the image.You probably saw these curves in a very rough state, … Continue reading →

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The lino print viewing dilemma…

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s lost plectrum is the one that was eventually found between velum leaves 136 and 137 of the Book of Kells. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> About a week ago, dear reader, I showed you a photograph of the front … Continue reading →

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Lino prints – what fun!…

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from Vladimir Nabokov’s 1928 novel King, Queen, Knave: Face after face slipped by, eyes avoided his, and even in plump, motherly housewives he distinguished the skeletons of murder. Thus he walked, spinning his … Continue reading →

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Lino lino lino lino linoprint!…

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s confused film star is Stod Reiger. (RS) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well, the thing is finished – and to my surprise, it has ended up looking remarkably similar to the rough preparatory drawings that I showed you a … Continue reading →

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Oh, that’s your new lino print then Dave?…

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe (Europe, only a few days left!): Today’s interesting fish names are: the Yellowtail Amberjack, the Slipmouth, the Tubeshoulder, the Pineapplefish, the Opah, and the Handfish. If you were dining in a posh restaurant and wanted to … Continue reading →

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Is that lino print done yet Dave?…

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s dictionary words are: triskele, opulus, pasear, chausses, dudder, and olecranon. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. The professor will attend … Continue reading →

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Oh, by the way, that lino print is finished…

Posted on December 27, 2019 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s rather nice fish names are: the Collared Carpetshark, the Eeltail Catfish, the Flathead, the Ghost Flathead, the Golden Loach, and the Armoured Gunnard. Which one of these would you choose to go into town and … Continue reading →

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Oh, let’s get that lino print out of the way…

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s carefully chosen colours are: ragged red, bruised blue, yawning yellow, tired turquoise, growling green, foolish fawn, aching azure, and that funny green-grey that you mixed up to paint the walls of the hall, staircase, and … Continue reading →

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The lino printing saga finally concludes…

Posted on November 15, 2019 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s elephant in the room is the one just finishing off three whole boxes of Pringles. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, that lino print has finally been done! If you don’t know what I’m talking about dear reader, let … Continue reading →

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A lino print with things in it…

Posted on September 28, 2019 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s quotation is from Vladimir Nabokov’s 1928 novel King, Queen. Knave, which I am currently re-reading: Dreyer led Franz over a waste of dark carpeting into the shadowy depths of the hall. He flung off in … Continue reading →

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Ah, the replacement cloud linocut…

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s confused film stars are: Famie Joxx and Dudi Jench. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Some time ago I was musing on, and looking out of a bus window at, a big heavy grey cloud with a flat bottom that … Continue reading →

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So, how about a lino print?…

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s octopus is the one lying in bed and simultaneously answering her phone, opening the curtains, stirring a cup of tea, opening a packet of bourbon creams, and adjusting the volume on her bedside radio. It … Continue reading →

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I think it’s time for a lino print…

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s existential angst is centred around the sound of the word entablature. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lino print in oil based ink on nice thin Kizuki paper about A4 in size. Is it ‘contrasty’ enough for you dear reader? … Continue reading →

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Untitled linocut 2018…

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s existential angst is centred around the sound of the word ‘scathing’. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Damn!… I really must do some more linocuts! I have done only one so far this year – look, here it is: It’s … Continue reading →

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My latest lino print…

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: proyne, prudhomme, prozymite, provine, protreptic, and whample. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Should the professor turn … Continue reading →

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Another jumping jiggling linocut…

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s existential angst is centred around the sound of the word ‘mellifluous’. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> How about another of my lino prints? I printed this one earlier this year; it is, as usual, untitled, and on nice thin … Continue reading →

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A new old lino print…

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: khedive, kerseymere, kex, keratophyre, kepi, keeshond and bywoner. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Extra marks will … Continue reading →

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You want sprinkles with that?…

Posted on July 7, 2017 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s ancient Egyptian deity, appearing as a man with a double plumed headdress, or ram-headed, or frog-headed, is the god Amun. His cult centres are Thebes and Hermopolis Magna, his attributes being: king of gods, primeval, … Continue reading →

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That lino print…

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s stoat is the one wearing a coat, on a boat, floating in a moat. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, at last it is done – an edition of 12 on nice thin Kizuki Japanese paper, (sheets cut to … Continue reading →

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The new lino print…

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s 19th c. Cockney expletive is, ‘Well, I wish my bloody eyes may drop out!’ Hm, very colourful… I don’t think I’ll bother trying to bring that one back into use. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well here it is, … Continue reading →

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