Recently on loan from Melbourne Atheneum Library, the audio book of The Testaments, Margaret Atwood’s powerful sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, provided such compelling accompaniment to my printmaking activities, I couldn’t wait to get into the studio each day.
Pictured foreground, left: a trial proof of Foreign Flora, linocut, 15 x 11.5 cm. The tattoo is based on a floral motif in Australia, c. 1888, an embroidered table cover designed by May Morris, now held in the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia.