Mokuhanga in Fresno for PDIM!
My finished print! "Diversity is Beautiful" “Diversity is Beautiful” is a 3-block, 8-layer Mokuhanga (Japanese Woodblock Print) effort, utilizing Bokashi and Mokume techniques. The print celebrates the beauty of the Holbein watercolors' interaction on the sturdy and beautiful Shiramine 110gsm paper, a Kozo blend. The print size is 8.25” x…
Print Day in May with Mokuhanga in Fresno
A Sense of Place Fine Art in Fresno generously hosted my Mokuhanga printmaking demo. the audience loved the tools, paper, contemporary and classic examples I have collected over the years and a look into the process. I printed the 8th and last layer on this 3-block relief print using shina…
Yucca at Midnight
Inspired by the work of local printmakers, I purchased an old book from a used book store in Oaxaca, Mexico. I used three different lino plates to make this print of a flowering yucca that is native to where I live. The yucca plant is framed through an arched window.
Collaborative lino print project
22 artist members from the Shepherd&Maudsleigh Studio each printed a 4" square block. Theme was SPRING! Each artist arranged the blocks all together and printed one large print. Using all the blocks reconfiguring the arrangement the prints all were unique. Fantastic collaborative effort and super fun day!
Studio #366 in Toronto!
Hey, we are from Toronto, 6 artists got together in the studio to print today for International Print Day! Here we are in Studio #366, in the wonderful creative arts building at https://401richmond.com/ We had a lot of fun, a creative day, doing linoleum blocks prints, drypoint etching, on beautiful…
Pizzapress!
(I wrote up a post but it got deleted by an error message saying my images were too large 😩) Hello from a letterpress printer in Virginia, U.S.! Today I: * printed some advocacy posters (on various backgrounds: one, two & three) * printed on paisley fabric squares * finished one…
Turtle Power
I put the final color on my turtle woodcut today @ Center for Contemporary Printmaking. Happy Print Day in May!
Pulling woodcut wonders
Spending my Print Day in May working in my studio to print a woodcut edition. Wunderwerck X is part of a study series based on Conrad Lycosthenes 1557 Prodigiorum. It's a very normal horse, until you take a good look at the legs. Carved with tools and woods from @mcclains.printmaking.supplies and…