There are quite a few things that I'll be learning at Constellation Studios that I don't have much experience with. Japanese washi paper and reduction woodcut are among those things. For this test, I decide to kill two birds with one stone by doing a...
I'm currently preparing for my class and residency with Karen Kunc at Constellation Studios in Lincoln, Nebraska. She is an incredible woodcut printmaker who uses a few "simple" techniques to create spectacular work. (You can see some of the amazing work that she creates with...
While I'm catching up on old stories, let me tell you a little more about my trip to Seattle in May. I was selling at the Northwest Folklife Festival and having a great time. Just down the row from me was a vendor I had...
Do you remember that, tucked firmly in the back of my mind is a goal to find ways to introduce "tone" to my woodblock prints. I used ghosts in my first set of leaf prints a while back as a first try at creating areas...
When I was in Seattle for a couple of shows in May, I decided to make use of my down time between them to visit art supply stores and to meet a woman whose work I've admired from a distance, Yoshiko Yamamoto, one of the...
Whew! To say that I'm overwhelmed at the moment is a gross understatement.Between doing shows, designing and creating a new cloth color, and studying for my residency at Constellation Studios this summer, I just don't have time to blog. I promise that I'm taking lots...
It was a couple of weeks ago now, but I'm finally taking the time to write this up. Show season has me traveling all over the place instead of typing blog posts while I wake up.The second day of the two-day workshop with Robert Canaga...
Last weekend I drove up to Eugene for another fantastic set of workshops at Whiteaker Printmakers, this time with Robert Canaga, a longtime printmaker and supporter of the arts in Eugene. This first day was an exploration of collagraph techniques. The word has the same...
It's been a very long, whirlwind of a week. I set a tough goal for myself and met it. If you remember, last weekend the muse hit me with a bunch of new skills to learn to take my printing in a whole new direction....
I have a muse that visits me with clues about where I'm going with my art. I mean this quite literally. I am not in control of the art that I produce. Yes, I can use my rational brain to choose the media and techniques,...
