Back in the summer I found a dead tree covered in these marks. These are the signs of Bark Beetle activity. I took ludicrous numbers of photos and rubbings of the tree trunk. Some came up beautifully with a little colour correction and I’ve posted them on my Facebook page – Perambulations. However I thought such markings lent themselves to print making. After experimenting with heat reactive foam to take moulds, I rooted out my lino tools not used for nearly twenty years – early results below – from photo to lino block to rubbed proof to first print
