Spent the bones of a fortnight on a new hare block, big lad, maybe 40cm, meant to be the lad in the long grass with just the ears up. Carved it happy out. Proofed it, looked grand, pulled an edition of 30 on Fabriano. Hung the whole lot on the line to dry and only then, standing back with a mug of tea, did I see it.

The near ear. I'd left the gap between the two ears too wide by a good 4 or 5mm. So instead of one hare listening, it reads like two hares doing a duet. Or a rabbit with notions. It's the one thing the eye goes to now and it's all I can see.

Here's the thing though. The print itself is clean. Registration lovely. The grass cuts came out better than I'd hoped, that rough dry-brushy texture off the shallow gouge. Technically it's the best pulling I've done all year and I'd still nearly put the lot in the stove.

I've a spare lino block the same size. I could recut the ear, proof it, and run the edition again and nobody would ever know. Or I could own it and sell it as is and let the duet hare go out into the world.

Curious what ye do with these. Fix or keep the mistake? I keep going back and forth and the wife is sick of hearing about the ear.