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Printing

Linoleum print

Linoleum print

The Saturday after my NY visit, I took a monoprint class, something I’ve been wanting to do for a couple of years. The class was a small group and met in the home studio of one of the students. Junanne Peck introduced us to linoleum prints and monotype. I still don’t understand the difference between monoprint and monotype. Maybe it will make sense someday. And no, I don’t know how I got the texture in the print. Just the vagaries of ????

Prairie Fire

Prairie Fire

The picture at the top is of one of my prints, which is based on Prairie Fire. I had to think of this as I do my ikat pieces. I printed the paper yellow with the block before I carved the design. Then I took the block and carved my drawing in it. After applying orange ink, I took the same yellow print and printed again with the new carved block. you can see where the edges don’t line up. You can see the ikat piece on the left. My other linoleum print is below. I had a drawing of a spiral made with lines. This one is my first print, and I didn’t think it out very carefully before starting, so the whole thing kind of looks like a flower.

Spiral-print

Where does the time go?

Painted-boards Where does the time go? Already the middle of April–can you believe it? Of course, we are still having cold weather for us, 33 in the mornings. That’s cold for us. I used to plant my garden, except for tomatoes, in the middle of March. We still need rain, lots of rain, but the teeny bit we did get really got things growing, so I’m cutting brush again. And mowing. And still hauling bags of compost.

In my weaving world, not much is happening. I decided that I would take some time and prepare for the Fayetteville, Texas show. Although the pieces have all the finish work done, they don’t yet have their hanging boards. Outside is windy, but I sprayed those suckers. Tomorrow, it’ll be Vecro time, drilling holes, and labeling each board for its “owner.”

Today I signed up for a monoprint class. I’m excited! Who knows if I’ll like it, but it sounds like fun. I’ve got a few ideas rolling around for things to try. Talking to Lynne today, she explained a bit about what we’ll do in the class. Check out her work here. When I looked at the image on her homepage, at first I didn’t see everything. Then I noticed the reflection in the car mirror. Very interesting.