My last update featured four plates that I had designed, and soon after started carving. Two of the four I have printed, although the color registration left much to ponder. The two I have printed are the road scenes. What I have not posted is that while working on the other two plates my grandfather died. …
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I have been working on some new images, three of which are going along with my urban landscape series, and the fourth is one I have been toying with for a while. I have decided to do all four in linoleum, and to make them reduction prints. Why all four? Mainly because I have been …
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Below are images from my first attempt at making a cylinder print block. Click here to go back to my first post on Cylinder seals. This is a dowel rod that I have cut into three 12 inch pieces, sanded, then marked 8 inches in the middle of the rod. I then applied gesso and re-sanded the …
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Image from Met Museum. I took a trip with my parents and wife in September 2009 to North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. During the trip we visited the Biltmore Masion, which is a huge estate, built in the French chateau style. The views are amazing, the interior and exterior are full of inspirational moments. Even though the …
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