2016 Asheville Arts & Crafts Conference
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Making “Winter Woods IV”
Here’s the first linoleum carving, used for printing the lightest color, a warm yellow background on 240 sheets of paper. Next is a wee little carving for printing an orange halo where the sun blasts through. Then a carving to print the darkish blue. Each... Read more →What I did on my summer vacation from printmaking
“Chicken, when are you going to make the next block print?” inquired Bob. It was mid-April, and I had recently finished “Tomatoes,” the third in my “Mediterranean Foods” print series. Reviewing a jam-packed calendar of projects, travel, and shows that loomed before... Read more →
Making the “Lake View” block print
Do you have a happy memory of time spent near water? Where everything you did was about being in, on, or beside that beautiful water? One of my happiest childhood memories is spending time at my friends’ summer cottage. While we swam, sunbathed, picnicked and... Read more →
Making “Autumn Glow” Block Print
I took this photo while exploring country roads on a beautiful October day. I want to capture the warm sparkle of the leaves amid the cool green pines. Also, that little path into the dark woods is intriguing. What if there were a sunlit clearing way in there? ... Read more →
“SPRING MIST” and Simple Pleasures
Chapter One It’s late April again, and Bob and I are at the old country housewith my brother Chris, performing our family’s 77-year-old annual ritualof opening the house for the summer. For the first couple of days, there are actual chores:... Read more →
Making “Sunlit Stream” block prints
Late last Summer I took a long walk in a wooded glen, and found inspiration for a new block print. But that was the year of many shows and little time for new art. So it is now mid-January, and the making of “Sunlit Stream” can finally begin. Printmaker friend... Read more →
The Story of “Seasons IV” Block Prints
This is a reprinting of some bits from my e-newsletter and Facebook “Notes” page, with a new addition at the end: a slide show of the printing progression. If you’ve already read the story, skip on down to the slides. While making the slide show,... Read more →
The Story of the Shakespeare Print
To order one of the last signed, limited edition prints, click here As the world seems to become scarier, a chicken such as I (and perhaps you) becomes even more nervous and trembly than usual. Clucking turns to squawking, sleeping turns to fretting and... Read more →