This linocut design was made to be reproduced as wrapping paper. From the late 1950s, Bawden increasingly used linocuts instead of drawings in his graphic work. As a straightforward and cost-effective method of printing, Bawden found linocuts to be the most suitable way to make repeating patterns for wallpaper or wrapping paper, as one printing block could produce many shapes. In this stylised design, Bawden has created a representation of the Scotland’s traditional crofting history with stone walls marking the edges of each croft but perhaps also referencing black houses in which cattle would often live alongside the farming families.