About the Author: Some Ideas Development

 This lino print I did in a workshop and hadn't planned out but just did spontaneously, I mentioned before I wanted this to sort of suggest the shape of lungs - as many women in Poe's life died of tuberculosis. In a crit this didn't come across without explanation, it was either interpreted as a tree or cracks. But the cracks got me thinking about "The Fall of the House of Usher" where in the end the house physically cracks.

Taking influence from my original lino print I did this painting, joining the "infected lung" branches into the crack down the house. I love how this painting turned out, I think the colours work really well - and very much influenced by choice to continue with this colour scheme.

For my final prints I decided to translate a similar image to lino! However I do not think that this came out as well as I would have liked it to, definitely one of the weaker designs - but I'm not sure I had the time to try and re-do it when I had 6 other designs to do! I think this could have been improved just by tweaking the shape of the house so it would be less square and more like the painting. Though I do like the reversal of the house and the girl, (as in fall of the house of usher the female character is put while still alive in the tomb under the house). So it's a sneaky link back to the story.