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Focus on Dennis the Menace, comic icon
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Dennis the Menace, icon of The Beano and hero to thousands of children, makes for some dramatic screenprints. Printer John Patrick Reynolds focuses on the character and the prints he has made using the images, all approve by Dundee publisher DC Thomson.
THE BEAUTY OF THE BLANK SHEET
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Red ink drying on four torn sheets of cotton mould made paper, ready for the image of a classic comic character to be printed by hand upon it. Print-maker John Patrick Reynolds enjoys the red ink for its own sake.
Asterix and Obelix take a hike
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Asterix and Obelix are going for a stroll, with the hound Dogmatix. Handpulled screenprints, made in west London.
WIN A PRINT IN MY NEW ABSTRACT RANGE
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WIN A NEW SCREENPRINT WORTH £40
Competition ends Sunday at noon.
This week I'm giving away one of my new abstract designs: an unframed screenprint worth £40 each and you can even choose which one you want, from three possibles.
BEHIND THE SCENES, PREPARING SCREENS
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Production of screen stencils for large screenprints is now established in my pandemic-era studio.
Since the shutdown, access to commercial facilities has been impossible, so I've set up start-to-finish cleaning, coating and printing equipment in my flat in west London.
And here's me washing off unexposed light-sensitive emulsion from the screen to make a large print of Oor Wullie taking his bike out of the shed.