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Subject: Update: prints, travel ...
Posted by: Dave Bull
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Remember this picture we saw here on the RoundTable a few weeks ago?  See the fine wire up at the left arrving at the house just under the eave? That's an optical fibre line - my connection to the world. Since I took that photo, the wisteria has finished blossoming and exploded in new growth. And that wire is a prime 'target' - this stuff would take over the planet as long as it could find a line to follow, and it has decided that the houses across the street look like prime targets ... As much as I like having the wistaria here, I have to recognize that enough is enough, so I arranged for one of my neighbours - a guy who works in roofing - to come over with a ladder and some strong shears. He scampered up there with no problem, and got to work:  He would happily have cleared the whole thing, but I asked him to stop about 1/3 of the way down the roof. There are no wires at the back of the house, so we'll let it have a free run back there ... Here's the result:  Looks kind of bare right now, but in a couple of months, it'll probably be like nothing has happened. We'll see ... This job had to be done now, because for the next couple of weeks, I won't be around to watch over the place. Next week is my parents' 60th anniversary, and the family is having our annual get-together in Vancouver to celebrate it ... But what about my next Mystique print, you ask? Don't worry. My part in that is done, and Ichikawa-san is now getting them wrapped into their story sheets, and packaged ready for shipping. I'm taking a CD-R with my bookkeeping software on it, and will be running the invoicing on schedule from my mother's computer:
Once I'm back, I'll finish up the carving on #4, and print it in time for shipping in July. Ichikawa-san is also holding the prints from other sets (Solitudes, . . . |
This item is taken from the blog Woodblock RoundTable.
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Subject: Test Driving the New Studio
Posted by: Annie B
 My nephew Chris and his longtime girlfriend Heather are getting married in a couple of weeks. They used a black and white damask motif for all their invitations and stationery, so I thought it would be nice to make a little woodcut based on that pattern that could be given to guests as a keepsake.  Here's the happy couple. Now in their mid 20s, they met in high school, so we've known Heather for a long time. She already feels like part of the family but we're thrilled to be making it official. Lucky for us they don't read my blog, so I can show you everything.  I set up my little carving easel and both of my bench hooks, as I wasn't sure what height I'd want to set the block at. I ended up using the smaller bench hook (left).  Here's a closeup of the block with the computer-composed sketch pasted on. Usually I use wheat paste to glue the sketch to the block, but I happened to have some rice paste left from a class I was teaching so I used that this time. I won't do that again, as the rice paste didn't seem to have as much strength as wheat paste. The paper peeled too easily just from the pressure of the knife blade. I had to be more careful than usual.  Here's the block all carved and ready to print.  I slipped here at the end of the job and had to do a repair. I use Super Glue as it doesn't soften when wet.  By the end of the carving session the studio barely looked messy. I guess it's because this block is only about 5 x 5 inches. A nice small project for a studio "test drive." [Long item has been trimmed at this point. The full blog entry can be viewed here] |
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