Aubergine Ink

I didn't get much done in the studio today, but I did get the aubergine ink mostly mixed up for tomorrow's printing.First, I've got a friend who is going through some tough stuff and needed my help. I spent a few hours this morning helping...

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Unembossed Woodblock

After a few weeks of printing my woodblock prints so that they will have consistent embossing, I've gotten quite good at it, but I'm changing gears. Now I want good ink coverage without embossing. Here is why...

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Why The Intense Schedule?

It's funny how many people watch my blog and then talk to me in person about the contents. It's way more personal than typing comments at the bottom of the page. It also means that I need to recap for those of you who are...

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Uninspired Days And Production

There are days when the muse is silent. I have no inspired ideas, no "next steps" on a current project. I'm sleepy and don't want to do anything.Well, as a self-employed artist, "doing nothing" is not an option. Thank goodness that there's always "production". I'm...

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Woodblock Print Intro Sale, $10

Update: This blog sale is over. Any prints that are left have gone up slightly in price and been offered to the public in my Etsy store: blossommerz.Subscribe to my blog or my Instagram feed and be the first to find out about my next...

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Borderless blocks and pressure-evening rails

Yesterday I was confronted with an issue related to printing with borderless blocks. The pressure was applied unevenly to the plates because there was no border to keep it even. Then I realized that I could add block-high supports on either side of the paper...

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Borderless blocks, first test

In an effort to keep expanding the horizons of possibility in printmaking, I'm testing the waters of a new skill - printing blocks without solid borders around the edge. This is another basic, foundational skill. When I remove the requirement to have a solid border,...

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Impatience and Earning Chops

Experience. I know from other crafts that I've learned that it's irreplaceable. And still, I want to learn at warp speed. I wish that every new skill that I try would just jump up and greet me, "Oh, hi! I wondered when you'd get here!"But...

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Better Pressure

(Those of you who are paying attention will notice that posts are showing up out of order. Yesterday's post on ink transparency got bumped up so I could send it to printmaker friends and ask for help...

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Spotty ink coverage

(For this post, I'll keep chronicling the things I try until, one fine day, I have a solution.)It's really quite clear to me that I'm still a beginner, even after four months of trial-and-error experience. Today I'm wrestling with getting good ink coverage from very...

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