52 Weeks of Printmaking

Week 5: Block print on cotton voile. I used Speedy Cut again. As its name suggests, it’s really good for quick carves, though i wouldn’t use it for anything that required fine detail. One of the unexpected benefits of this project is the freedom to work on designs and with color palettes that are outside […]

Week 4: rubber block print on linen. After futzing around, indecisive about what I was going to do for this week’s print, I started to sketch the Diana Fayt vase that I keep in my studio, and liked the image. Then I realized that the sketch was larger than any of the blocks I had

Week 3: Rubber block print on paper.  You can’t tell from the photos, but the top item measures 12.5″ x 19″ and the block measures 4″. I’d like to revisit this design as a two-color print. The material for this block is called “Speedy-Cut” from Speedball. It’s the easiest block material to carve I’ve used

Week 2: Linocut on paper. And since some of you had requested an image of the block, here you go. I’d forgotten how much harder this medium is than screenprinting.
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