block printing

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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When life hands you lemons

April 14, 2008

I wanted to print a good lemon slice this weekend, dagnabit! So I busted out the Wonder-Cut and started carving with my brand-new linoleum cutter (no rust!). But while the Wonder-Cut carves like buttah, I can’t get some of the tight little lines and details that I like, AND I’ve encountered some problems printing designs [...]

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Run, Sarah, run

April 3, 2008

Over the past weekend I made time to get in the studio and finish off the block I’ve been working on for the past few weeks. I carved out a few more elements to tie the whole design together: a box to enclose the donkey and grass, and the text, which helps drive the punch [...]

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Found

March 27, 2008

Yesterday, while digging out my inks and brayers and stuff, I discovered some old linoleum blocks that I made four-plus years ago. I found a sunflower block that I’d carved and proofed — intended for our wedding invitations — but never ended up using. So despite the fact that it’s completely dried out and super-rigid, [...]

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The proof is in the printing

March 26, 2008

Today I decided to take a break from everything to pull some proofs. I got, like, one really nice print out of it, but more importantly I got the taste of printing back in my mouth. And I like it. I decided to document some of the block printing process for those who don’t know [...]

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