Sometime you want to print on paper that is not stiff enough to be fed through your printer: for example on tissue paper. For example when you want to make a large scroll using thin paper. Or to later use the image in a collage. In the photo above you see a detail of my […]
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Printmaker’s Block, Litho and Ink Experiments, and Twine Trials
Still no progress with my print to enter into the show. I am suffering from a lesser known but just as severe form of writer’s block: printmaker’s block. In interviews with artist’s the question of how they overcome the blank paper and lack of ideas is often asked. Arrogant as I can sometimes be, I […]
More Printing
If you have followed this blog in the last weeks, you know that I am currently printing again. I mentioned I was working on a “more serious print”: Well, actually I decided to participate in the Bookmarks : Infiltrating the Library System Project by Sarah Bodman. And I am looking for something that I would […]
Getting work done: A couple more books
Sometimes pressure and a tight schedule can get out the most of me. I decided to take on a couple of custom orders although this is a difficult time for me to find time to work. It forced me to cut down on online time and get things done. And it worked. And I even […]
Yet more experiments with cardboard and dry-point
I made some more experiments with scratching into cardboard and inking that up. Above you see a print from a scratching in thin white covered cardstock, according to wikipedia is is probably called white lined chipboard, but I am not sure. I just took the lid of a package that came with my latest order […]