Tag: lino-cut

  • Meet the artist at the Ship of Fools

    Printmaking at the Ship of Fools Summer exhibition I am delighted to have been given the opportunity to show some of my recent printmaking work alongside many other talented artists from Orkney and elsewhere at the 2025 Summer exhibition at the Ship of Fools gallery on Bridge Street in Kirkwall. The exhibition preview is on…

    Invitation to the preview opening of the Ship of Fools Summer 2025 exhibition, featuring work by Martin Laird and other artists associated with Orkney. Friday 9th of May 2025, 5pm-7pm, Ship of Fools Gallery, Bridge Street, Kirkwall, Orkney.
  • Cracked bastion

    Cracked bastion Cracked bastion is a lino-cut print inspired by the ruined wartime fortifications and twisted, wind-blasted trees which can be found throughout Orkney. This print will be on display (and for sale) in the Christmas open exhibition at the Pier Arts Centre in Stromness, from the 18th of November to the 23rd of December,…

    cracked bastion, lino-cut martin scott laird 2017
  • Lino-cut Starling with stars

    This starling with stars is the first lino-cut I have made for a very long time. It is rough and scrappy and intended to be chaotic. The starling is a very common bird in Orkney, and quite beautiful in its own subtle way. The print was made using a block-printing medium mixed with acrylic paint,…