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As part of International Print Day I took 3 of my 12″ x 12″ Shina plywood woodcut blocks to the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts Open Print Studio where I regularly print with area colleagues.  I am grateful to the college for hosting local artists and making their Print Studio available so reasonably.  Not a class, we all do our own thing using great presses and a beautiful space and atmosphere.

I used Caligo Safe Wash inks with Akua Transparent base to make separate transparent mixes of warm yellow and cool ocean blue.  I had 3 prints that I had made previously using a screen fill method and the image that eventually became block #2.  I also has 4 clean sheets of Arches.

I took the finished prints home and hung them to dry.  I had drew and cut a 12″ x 12″ stencil from glassine, thinking of my wedding date 06/01/02.  My husband passed away a year ago tomorrow and I wanted the print to have a connection to him and our journey together.  I wanted the stencil to clarify and enhance the underlying layers of woodcut.

I like to respond to my prints at each stage of layering in the same manner that I do with my paintings.