‘I shall go into, go into a cat’ linocut print

‘I shall go into, go into a cat’ linocut print.

The title comes from Isobel Gowdie’s witch trial confessions in 1622 in which she shared her shape shifting spells.

'I shall go into, go into a hare
With sorrow sigh and with mickle care
I shall go into, go into a hare
With sorrow sigh and with mickle care

Chorus (after each verse):
I go to the Devil in the Devil’s name
And stay till I come home again
I go to the Devil in the Devil’s name
And stay till I come home again

I shall go into, go into a crow
With sorrow sigh and a jet black throw
I shall go into, go into a crow
With sorrow sigh and a jet black throw

I shall go into, go into a cat
With sorrow sigh and a jet black shot
I shall go into, go into a cat
With sorrow sigh and a jet black shot'

A three layer reduction print on Canaletto Velino 160gsm white paper, printed with Caligo oil-based ink. The paper measures approximately 32cm x 25cm. A small signature and edition number is located at the bottom of the print. The edition run is sixteen.

Each print may vary ever-so slightly as they are printed by hand. It's all part of the charm of linocut printmaking.

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Prints will be sent in strong card tubes by Recorded Delivery.