I'm carving out an hour here and there to draw. This morning I grabbed that time by the horns, and in the shadow of the glowing green, yellow, orange world of an autumn morning, pencil was put to paper. I only have a minute of time today before a short print run, putting in a few hours studio managing at OCAC, and then on to print a set of announcements on one of the Vandercooks at school. Time is precious, but tiny steps eventually accumulate.
Hoping to have some designs ready for carving and platemaking by the end of the weekend.
7 comments:
Clare, that is amazing. It has such a lovely feel to it. Free, flowing, organic. I am really fascinated by your process in print making.
I will look out for your calendar.
Have a lovely weekend, T. :)
I'm in line for a Clare calendar.
Clare,
I enjoyed seeing the pictures of your sketches! The process does take time, doesn't it? From drawing, preparing a digital illustration, making it into plates, and then the printing and ...
Hi Linda!
Yes, it always takes waaaayyy more time than I anticipate. Every single time. I never learn.
Each step in the process is my favorite one, though.
Love the sketches. Makes me want to get back into drawing.
Clare,
Do you carve on linoleum or wood? I used to do a lot of carving on a soft block that is easy on the hands. Isn't it very meditative and fun to carve.
Linda
Linda, I usually use linoleum. I've done a little bit of wood carving, and actually I'd like to do more, but linoleum is just so fluid and easy to use. Plus it's easy to mount on type high blocks for letterpress.
It IS so meditative, I love it!
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