First, the working drawing…..

Then a spot of cutting…..

Inking up the first block…..

More cutting, this time it’s the second block……

Second block now printed – and (I suspect you may be ahead of me here) yet more cutting….

Three of the four blocks now cut…..

The third block is printed – some proofs to agonize over pointlessly….

Tools at the ready, fourth block awaiting – and yet more cutting, sigh…

Fourth block printed and none of the proofs look quite right. Time to cut and paste….

So I’m going back to the beginning – first block printed again, with some adjustments.

And there you have it – three weeks of my life that I’m never going to get back……