Dragonflies are actually part of the Merlin's diet, so I added this one from my imagination. It was printing a little too darkly for my liking, so I laid a small piece of Japanese lace paper over it after inking the block but before the paper was laid down on it. This is my biggest linocut to date, and it requires being pressed three times for each impression: once in the middle and once on each end, running it through the press lengthways to fit the 11" x 14" paper.

The edition of 20 impressions is printed on Arches Text Wove paper 120 gsm made in France, from a design cut into artist-grade linoleum made in the Netherlands, using Japanese gouges. All impressions are hand printed by the artist with Caligo Safe Wash Furnace Carbon Black relief printing ink made in Wales, using an antique J. Smart copy press made in Canada. All prints are titled, editioned, signed and dated by the artist in pencil, and monogrammed in the plate.