The actual lino cut on the left, and one each of the paper and fabric test pieces. 
And here she is, quietly making her away across my new piece!
Another small detail.
I want to put a lino print on this piece and here I am beginning to sculpt the lino.
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Yesterday I screened two sets of masked off stripes on to this new piece with my BIG silk screen. There was some surplus thickened dye left on the screen following this and I was in no rush to wash the screen as I knew it would wash out easily, even if the dye dried. By the time I had checked what I had printed, the surplus dye had migrated. It looked so good that I decided to let it dry fully and I plan to re-print sometime with some soda ash in clear sodium alginate (Manutex). 
Peru again. Machu Picchu from a distance (centre, up a bit to the left). A quiet walk around to the Sun Gate (original entry/exit of the Inca Trail) gave this panoramic view back to the settlement. Note zigzag road up from the village of Aguas Calientes to MP itself. Buses speed up and down this road delivering and returning tourists.
Using thickened dye I painted on some swipes of colour.
Then I decided to overdye the whole thing. Orange was the colour which came to mind and here I have painted over the original colours (on paper) to get some indication of an outcome.
Overdyeing worked well but then I decided that the colours were too strong for additional applications so put the whole cloth through a discharge bath. I do this often!
Ahhh, much better. All the colours have been 'knocked back' and give a better base from which to work further applications. 
Nature's security works well in Peru! These cacti are planted on top of the stone wall.
The squashed egg carton.
Textile pigment painted on to the surface.....
... repeat prints on to cloth. Not sure whether I am going to do any more but could have possibilities, in the right situation.
I came across this individual in a garden. Someone with imagination has turned a tree trunk and limbs upside down and carved a face in the trunk! I like it.
In a hotel lobby I came across this old leather suitcase. I presume it is pig hide as the diamond grid overlay still retained the hair of the animal. Perhaps not a designer accessory.
These two young girls, dressed in their native costume and with flowers in their hair, wander through the markets offering themselves for photos for the price of one Peruvian sol. Note the puppy being held by the older girl. On one hand it is exploitation but on the other it does provide some form of family income. Most children, when not in school, are out there hawking, helping in stalls, or making some contribution to family survival. So so different to our western children most of whom would insist on their right to play with expensive toys instead (including cellphones!).
This little lass was an incredible ambassador for her country. I wandered over to a small church in the square in Agues Calientes, the Machu Picchu Village. She met me at the door, took my hand, and escorted me into the church, down the aisle and into a pew. All the time she chatted away in her language and I responded in mine. She then showed me around the church. We continued our 'conversation', neither of us understanding a word each other said. Her grandfather was working in the church at the time. She was pure delight.
And the tourist in Peru. Me visiting a sacred Inca site high up in the hills. The town of Pisac in the valley below.
My very first photo, at the Gold Museum in Lima (Museo de Oro del Peru). This was an internal courtyard and I love the complementary contrast of the red walls and green cacti.
I was surprised at the amount of desert in Peru. It seemed to be endless at times.
Further inland the countryside is more productive.
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