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Lino Cutting Gouges
I think that finding the right combinations of cutting tools for a relief printer is one of the hardest choices to make.

Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Dec 21, 202411 min read
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Printing Rollers
Properly cleaned and cared for rollers should last a long time. I've developed this small group of rollers over several years, to end up wit

Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Sep 27, 202410 min read
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Making the Magpie Silver reduction linocut
One for sorrow Two for joy Three for a girl and Four for a boy Five for silver Six for gold Seven for a secret never told Eight's a...

Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Jul 24, 20243 min read
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Deluge
There have been no shortage of cold, stormy and rainy days this year, so I spent some time up on the mountainside where I had originally see

Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Jul 19, 20243 min read
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'Swimming in Stars',a nightime otter print
I ended up fascinated by the poetic idea of an otter swimming in the reflected stars and Milky Way of the night sky.

Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Mar 17, 20244 min read
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Bluebell Wood Fox
Fox bluebells spring linocut print purple blue green bracken wildlife vulpes stitchwort bees forest

Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Apr 10, 20235 min read
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January Exhibitions
I've been lucky to have work in three exhibitions starting in January. I managed to get up to Conwy for the opening of the Royal Cambrian...

Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Jan 23, 20232 min read
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Hares and Meadow Cranesbill
This reduction linocut was inspired by a trip out in July this year while I was walking through some fields where the meadow cranesbill...

Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Oct 1, 20223 min read
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Kingfisher, evening rain.
I've seen kingfishers on the river Usk (south Wales). Sometimes even by the Crickhowell bridge but not that often. My experience of the...

Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
May 12, 20224 min read
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Winter Hillside Badgers
My latest reduction linocut is of two badgers up on the hillside in the winter on a crisp chilly day. The hawthorn trees up on the...

Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Mar 13, 20223 min read
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Spring Exhibition at Ironbridge Fine Arts
I've recently bought a Gunning etching/multi print press from Ironbridge Fine Arts and they have very kindly invited me to exhibit in...

Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Mar 3, 20221 min read
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An online article about my work
A nice online article has been published about my work and how I make it. It is in the blog section of the Handprinted website. link...

Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Nov 28, 20216 min read
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Frosty Hare
A slightly varied edition. They are all the same tonal range. I think the image processing has made some lighter. The field where the...

Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Aug 15, 20212 min read
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'Golden Morning Hares'
It has taken a long time to finish this print for one reason or another. From the first ideas and sketches it has been nearly three...

Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Jun 1, 20212 min read
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Winter Pinecone...another varied edition.
The process of reduction linocut printing is very unforgiving. Once a slither of lino is cut it is almost impossible to put it back. The...

Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Mar 12, 20212 min read
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Spring Swallows
This is one of two recent prints I’ve been working on over the past month or so. Hopefully the other one of a pinecone will be finished...

Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Mar 6, 20211 min read
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Winter Fox
This design is the same size as my last fox print and is also set amongst the trees and bracken on Mynydd Llangatwg. The printing has...

Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Jan 8, 20212 min read
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Designing for reduction linocuts.
Why do I design my linocuts in blue? The main reason is, I just find it works for me! I'm sure others may have their own preferences. It...

Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Dec 5, 20202 min read
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Left to right! 'Well hello Mr. Fox, what a nice surprise to see you!'
I’ve put together a few sentences about how we read a painting or drawing from left to right. As a left-handed (keggy wifter) printmaker,...

Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Nov 27, 20202 min read
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Vulpecula
I've been working on and off on this linocut design for over two months. There is a patch of mountainside behind where I live that is...

Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Oct 13, 20202 min read
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