I had a small off-cut of Lino and used it to do a quick flower, printed on rough calligraphy paper, hand coloured. Then photographed and digitally fiddled with the saturation settings.
The original is about 1 inch / 2 cm square, so imperfections are exaggerated.
See also Flower(b) in a similar vein.
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