‘Floral Fish is a limited edition, hand made, original lino relief print.

‘Floral Fish’ was created out of my love for patterns and looking at the similarities between fish scale patterns and flower petals. I love cutting intricate and repetitive patterns in lino as I think that the textural marks left on the lino surface are very beautiful.

I began this artwork by drawing the fish and experimenting with different floral patterns for the inside of the fish silhouette. The image was then transferred onto the surface of the lino and was hand carved using specialized lino cutting tools.

After the carving is complete, I hand mix and roll the ink onto the surface of the lino block, using a printmaking hand roller. Using my printing press in my studio at home, prints are made by placing the printmaking paper on top of the inked lino block and this ‘sandwich’ is hand pulled through the press to create the print.

This is a limited edition of 30 prints in black ink. Each print has the edition number (ie 1/30), the title and my signature.

Paper size is approximately 35 x 50cm and the printed image is approximately 9 x 39cm.

This artwork is printed on high quality white Rosapina Fabriano paper (220gsm, acid free, 100% cotton rag) and is printed with professional water based Graphic Chemical Company inks. (The absence of acid guarantees the inalterability over time of the paper.) ‘Floral Fish was printed on my printing press at home, and inks were rolled onto the lino block by hand.

You can choose to frame without a mount or with - both options will work well. Each piece of paper is cut by hand so there may be some slight variations on paper size, and you may have a ‘Fabriano’ watermark on the paper surface itself. I recommend waiting until you receive the print to organize framing. The paper itself is high quality and heavy weight, which gives the print a lovely feeling as an art object.

I package my artworks with great care and always aim for happy customers. I carefully roll each artwork in tissue paper and butchers paper before placing securely inside a sturdy cardboard mailing tube.

I aim to post items within two business days of receiving payment, and will post with Australia Post.

Please get in touch if you have any questions, I would love to hear from you.

Please check out my other artworks for sale on my Etsy store and thank you for looking!

Pigeon Gillian (Gillian Nix)