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block printing

Oh snap!

May 13, 2009

When I asked him what he wanted for his birthday, Keith told me that (besides a peach pie and a viewing of Wolverine) all he wanted from me was to print something, preferably using my new etching press. So from Saturday morning to Sunday afternoon I had managed to go from design on paper, to [...]

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Pressed

March 24, 2009

I’m down to the last month or so of my master’s thesis project, and so until my semester ends on May 3, there’s nothing, nothing I tell you, coming out of this lady’s studio. But I did get something new. It’s a small etching press: a Blick Econo Etch Model II. Nothing fancy, nothing fancy [...]

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J’adore

August 4, 2008

I love carving linoleum. It’s so soothing. I could carve, and carve, and carve, and carve all day long, until there was no linoleum left. But that would be silly. And so eventually it comes time to pull a proof. You know, to see where all that carving has gotten me. And as much as [...]

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A sneaky peak

July 29, 2008

Ready?That’s all you get to see for now. The idea hit me while I was in the shower — exhausted after a long day, an even longer weekend, and a challenging face-off with the treadmill. After a two or three-month hiatus, I’m working on another linoleum block, for another hand-printed greeting. Why didn’t I think [...]

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