Late Summer

July 28, 2012
7"x5"
2-plate Block Print

I pulled part of this small edition yesterday as I had a small window to print before we had company at the house.  The color is almost perfect and I should have the entire print run pulled by the end of the week.

VT Yankee Series 1

July 25, 2012
Monotype
6"x9"

Went to SPA in Barre last night and had this grand idea of what I wanted to print but had to scrap my original idea.  This was going to be another attempt at a Rorschach landscape but it proved problematic and printed it as a lone image.

At the end of the night I came up with three decent prints and have decided to not use this as a template for a blockprint, but will work into the original drawing as source material for a carving.

The third print in this series is starting to become interesting as the color and agitated marks are starting to get at the core of the message I have had in my head.  The original working title for this series is 'Tritium Leaks' but these prints are not quite where I want them to be.

VT Yankee Series 2

July 25, 2012
Monotype
6"x9"

With this one I worked right into the ghost of the first print with the goal of leaving enough ink on the plate for the third print.  That worked, but what happened is i reverted to this proto-cubist style of constructing the picture that was a little surprising.  At first I did not like it but it is growing on me...

VT Yankee Series 3

July 25, 2012
Monotype
6"x9"

This was the last of the bunch and might be the most successful.  I am not happy with the sky but it has the agitated feel that I was looking for. All in all, not a bad night of printing at SPA.

Early Snow (proof)

July 24, 2012

Block print

4'x5"

Pulled a couple of proof prints of this block and am very pleased.  I need to carve a little bit in the sky and some of the trees as a few lines are a little heavy.  Plan to design and start to carve the color block this weekend if time permits.  Also pulled 17 color prints for a small edition of another block, should pull the key block over the small run this weekend as well. 



Lake Winnipesaukee

July 22, 2012
Pencil on paper
3.5"x5.75"
I was on vacation this weekend at my sister-in-laws family lake house. The views were not very dramatic and peppered with lake-houses, but this came out rather well in the end. Wrote down a few words as well...

Making Meaning
Gentle morning making
Lake Winnipesaukee

Blockprint Carving

July 21, 2012
Plank-cut maple and Pen
4"x5"

I don't usually post a document of my carvings but this one was rather pretty and once I ink it up they are just a gray mess.  Plan to print some proofs this week!