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no matter how hard i try, seems like i never become a daily blogger! photos piling up in my folders, waiting to be posted, getting old and out of date before time. so, here are some of the pics i took last week while working on new prints in the studio. i wanted to make a new edition of bird prints. except some single prints, all of last years edition sold out. for all the blossom and birds print i have used my big cherry blossom block as a background so far, but i plan to do "bigger" things and projects with it and don't want to spoil it in mini formats. it's my favourite print block, also my biggest one ( see a wall size deco on my
flickr )
SO, inspired by a beautiful old japanese brush painting, i made this linocut of a plum blossom twig above. my favourite bird needs a comfy place to rest...
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here's the first layer, printed with a light blue on chinese book pages (interestingly from a chinese travel guide to germany!)
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then i printed over it again with the plum blossom twig, this time in a transparent, but strong florentian red which gives the whole thing a little more depth.
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i don't know how you call this traditional japanese "instrument" for printing. its a strong cardboard covered with banana leaf and is perfect for use when printing fine lined blocks, because you can accentuate pressure and press very gentle.
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here's a sneak peek of the little titmouse, the most exciting moment, how did the print come out? are the colors, position, paper right? make up your own mind....
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soon to be listed in the shops......
happy weekend, all of you :D
9 Kommentare:
toll mal den prozess zu sehen!
ich liebe diese klarheit von linol- und holzschnitten.
deine ergebnisse sind einfach toll! ich bin begeistert!
liebe grüße, doro.
this is so beautiful. thanks for sharing images of your process :)
hey mocca, hola doro, wie schön, daß ihr hereinschaut, DANKE :)
thank you so, gretchen, always welcome ^_°
ich gucke gaanz oft vorbei!
so so toll! Ich mag deine arbeiten. sehr!
Sehr toll!! Deine Karten und Kunst sind immer schön.
I've given you a Blog Award. You can come pick it up on my blog. ;-)
oh danke ihr lieben!
super schön geworden!!
liebe gruß von der anderen papierverrückten (hoert)
sabine
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