December Morning

October 5, 2011

Linoleum Block Print

3"x5"

I pulled proofs of this block yesterday.  This will be my annual holiday card and I am looking forward to designing a color block for this one as well.  After my last block, I recognized that my carving style over the year's had morphed into a whittling-style, using an x-acto knife and I was not really carving anymore.

The work became geometric in nature and reminded me of fractals, but it seemed to take a lot longer to make, so I decided to carve this little block with just my 'v' gouge knife and much to my surprise, it went a lot quicker.  I think this will be my new technique for the near future.