Friday, September 19, 2008

adventures in rolling pin printing



Whale Song
Linocut
14x8 inches
$18

This took FOREVER to get a good print from, mainly because the press I have does not like blocks that are more than 1/4 of an inch thick. I spent so many hours trying everything I could possibly think of, and almost gave up. As a last resort, I asked one of my roommates if she had a rolling pin, and she did! I've been spoiled in the past and never really printed anything by hand, but it was this or nothing. Surprisingly, it worked really well, with the help of a little wooden spoon action. Sadly, I used a lot of paper trying to get it to work, so I only got a few printed before I ran out. I'm hoping a second edition of it will happen soon.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

new work!





















"Joshua Beardsly"
Commissioned piece
ink and watercolor


















"Used Up"
Ink and watercolor
This piece is available in my Etsy shop.