block printing

Week 29: One-color block print on linen. Poppies! I originally wanted to print a poppy pod, but my sketches kept leading me to Matilija poppies (also known as “fried egg poppies”). And when your sketches lead you somewhere, you follow. I should’ve taken a photo to show you how I got the repeat to line […]

Week 28: three-color block prints on linen. I couldn’t decide between these two prints, so I’m giving you both. One actually includes a block from a previous week, so it only half counts. Yeah. I’m giving you 1.5 prints this week. I’d fully intended to sew both of these into bags, but then I remembered

  Week 27: Two-color block print on linen. July gloom has set in in my neck of San Francisco, so I’m hoping this week’s print – wisteria! – will put me back into a summer state of mind.  

  Week 26: Three-color block print on linen. Well, here I am: halfway through this project (and the year). I had no real goals for my 52 Weeks of Printmaking project, except to print something different every week. The project didn’t seem like a stretch when I started it – a week is plenty of