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Thursday, April 6, 2023

Foreign Flora and the pleasure of working to audio books

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.