The forest art print project is still moving along.4″x4″ printed & water colored squares will eventually become attached to balsa wood frames. The carved images are quick and not perfect. It’s become more of a learning experience than anything, pushing my envelope in an area I don’t visit very often. Plus making me work inContinue reading “Mollusk Monday”
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Everett Holiday Card 2010
Since I was on a card theme, it was about time to unveil the completed card and it’s process. It ended up being 4 color screens & could have been less if I had planned it better. The complete process was not recorded but you should get the idea. We start with blank cards ScreenContinue reading “Everett Holiday Card 2010”
Botanical Silhouette Serigraphs
The Botanical Silhouette line has started! Cards are currently available and fabric soon to come. A 3.25″ x 3.75″ print is mounted to a Strathmore card with deckle edge and blank interior. Acid free paper is used. Current images: Filberts – Spring, Bracken Fern, Rose Hips More images to come by May! Further inquires? PleaseContinue reading “Botanical Silhouette Serigraphs”
screen printing project: artfest house 4e
ArtFest is just around the corner and another addition to the group prayer flags is here! I’ve chosen to do a screen print. Many of my friends and family have not seen this process, so I’ll try to break it down in photo form for all to understand. Here is the process I go throughContinue reading “screen printing project: artfest house 4e”
crabs descending print
Every year on Christmas Eve, our family gathers for a grand crab feed. Living in Oregon, Dungeness crab is not hard to find. Typically my father creates a fabulous card to invite extended family members to the event. Wine flows freely along with copious amounts of crab, wonderful green salad and bread from the MetropolContinue reading “crabs descending print”
Evelyn’s Tree Print: Finished?
Feeling about finished with Evelyn’s Tree. Tried to adjust one section that was having problems and wasn’t successful. Adding linoleum back into the block just isn’t possible. Next step will be to set up a silk screen to drop color over the image. It can also be just in black & white if people prefer.Continue reading “Evelyn’s Tree Print: Finished?”
OUR Fest!
The first annual Our Fest was a hit! The group met a Hacienda Possada for a beautiful day under the sun (+90 deg). Shannon taught the first class on gourd art. She grows an enormous patch yearly and had quite an assortment of different sizes and shapes. We learned cleaning, carving, coloring & wood-burning techniques.Continue reading “OUR Fest!”
Bookbinding at Sitka: Part 2
Class photos: Ann Kresge’s Creative Bookbinding at Sitka June 22-24, 2009 Ann talking about some of her books. Her Mt. Olympus book was created using block prints. Each image was hand sewn into the accordion folded pages. The images describe to the viewer her hike up Mt. Olympus in Greece with school children. Notice howContinue reading “Bookbinding at Sitka: Part 2”
6 Sides Completed
Yesterday it arrived in my mailbox, the completed block from the 6 Sides to Every Story project. Carol had given me a preview but it was very exciting to open the official envelope!
Gyotaku at Carols
After taking the rubber fish class from Fred Mullet at ArtFest (it was our third day and I didn’t post any of the results from the class) Carol really wanted to have us come over for fish printing with the real thing. Lauren and I met at Carol & Harry’s place for the Gyotaku experience.Continue reading “Gyotaku at Carols”
Sticks, Stones, and Paper Stew Blog 