Showing posts with label linoleum blocks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label linoleum blocks. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Block Carving and Exhibit

 I've carved some turtles.  This one is a bigger one than I usually carve - 8x10"  I've used a couple for my composition book covers - I had to cut out the turtle though as the 8x10 didn't look right.

Below is a photo from a recent exhibit I was juried in and won "Honorable Mention."  The show was sponsored by my fiber group - Fiber Artists Network, Jacksonvill3, Florida.  The show was exhibited at the Butterfield Gallery, St. Augustine, Florida.  "Wanderlust" is a piece I created several years ago.  The theme for the show was "Faces and Places."  My fabric portraits didn't make the cut.  Oh, well, tis life of an "artist."
I'm on my way to Kentucky to see my grandson and daughter.  When I return, I have 2 pieces to create and finished:  one a book and the other a fabric wall hanging - both figuring leaf prints.  Art on hold as family calls!  And what a pleasure!

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Into linocuts and printing


Taking a class in cutting linoleum from a great artist friend.  This is a 6x4 block in the style of Picasso - first print/ reduction


Second printing after removing my lino.  Kind of cool I think.

A turtle, of course!  I live at the beach!  6x4

These little guys are about 3x3
I have more to share - I'll get the photos up soon!  Carving my own blocks is  very addictive.