Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven-PDiM winner!
Congratulations to #lizegan1225, the winner of a free printmaking class or workshop at Creative Arts Workshop. https://creativeartsworkshop.org
persevērāre / prēservāre
A small print for #printdayinmay2025 as well as #EDSawarenessmonth ~ I am diagnosed with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a genetic connective tissue disorder which primarily affects my skin and joints, but has impacts in multiple bodily systems. For fine motor skills specifically, with any repetitive motion or pressure, my fingers can…
The Burroo
I only found out about Print Day in May today, but I was down at my studio yesterday Saturday and printed up my new drypoint plate of the Burroo (iceberg in Manx). It’s a special lump of rock just off the south coast of the Isle of Man known more…
Experimenting on Print Day in May
These pieces, like the beginnings of all my recent work, builds layers of multiple methods of printmaking. I started with multiple layers of monoprint using Speedball block printing inks and transparent base in a thin washes using a paintbrush, roller, and rag. I printed first on three different papers on…
Camellias
My first print day in May was a lot of fun. I’ve been working with chine collè and the pink seemed to suit these camellias. They are etched on aluminium and printed with water based black ink.
time traveling via botany
This cheerful little medicinal herb, Prunella vulgaris, grows all over the northern hemisphere, and has been known to be medicinally useful everywhere it grows. It will soothe an upset stomach or sore mouth, as a tea, and as a salve it will help skin wounds heal -- it's also known…
Canadian Printmakers collaborate in international project
Canada West Studios artists have been challenged by the Thinking of Place iv project to collaborate in the creation of a single print
Canada West Printmakers work on Thinking of Place iv collaborative piece
Canada West Printmakers in Kamloops, British Columbia, collaborate for Thinking of Place iv international printmaking project.
The Alchemist, Wizard’s Reading Night
Wizard's Reading Night is a bit of a not-quite-hidden-object piece. I worked in reading night treats, companions, and bric-a-brac; what reading night is complete without a mug of tea and snacks? Wizard is a companion piece to The Alchemist (my completed print.) I kept adding another detail... and then another...…
Cheetah Brothers
Printed on Print Day in May, 2025, Connecticut, USA. A “paper” lithograph with chine colle originating from a photo I took during a recent trip to Kenya. Made using products from tagged sponsors.