Explore

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started... and know the place for the first time. - T.S. Eliot

Lino Printing

Decided to do a lino print this weekend and got a little busy! I wanted to do something Autumn like and for some reason I thought of a crow or blackbird as being Fall -ish, maybe the Halloween thing. This is the first (and only so far) print of the bird... not sure if I need to do a little more carving or not. The image is about 8x8.

For this one I used an image from one of my paintings of Dan's shoes, 4x6 or postcard size...
I've always warmed the linoleum in the oven a little (175-200 degrees max) to make it easier to carve but, on this one, I accidentally put them in a 350 degree oven! The linoleum bubbled and even when completely cool, it peeled a little (not to mention it smelled NASTY). It turned out pretty decent considering...


The trees I just drew the image right onto the linoleum and started carving... was having a ard time wrapping my head around the negative image/ mirror image thing on this one. I think it would have been cool to do opposite of this and print with white on black. Printed 5 of these, postcard size.

And last, I had a leftover scrap that was perfect ATC size (2 1/2 x 3 1/2) so... waste not want not, right?
Quidam is both everyone and no one, somebody, one unknown.

ATC

I've seen some really gorgeous and extremely elaborate ATC's but, for me, one of the biggest appeals to ATC's is that no matter how hectic life becomes, I can always commit to a 2.5x3.5 inch artwork...
There! Done! Whew! (pat myself on the back) I created something this week!
Here is my non-elaborate contribution to "Inspire Me Thursday"!