Thursday, January 21, 2010

Race to the finish: tiny mussel shell linocut


Oops. I got so excited to put the last color on this little print today that I forgot to take a photo of the step before. My bad.

Or maybe it was a sort of subconscious avoidance. I was delighted with the last pass you saw, colors 4&5 together. The one that went on top of it? Not so much. It seemed as if the life had gone out of the image, so maybe that's why I "forgot" to take a photo. Nervous avoidance.

But this last color (a dark blue-black) made sense of the preceding layers, and all was well. At the big reveal I shouted "BOO-yah! Dodged disaster again!" and did a happy dance.

That's two editions in three weeks... how much longer do you suppose I can keep this up?

Mussel shells, 3" x 3", Reduction linocut

7 comments:

  1. Hi Sherrie,

    Very nice, an excellent little design.

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  2. Wow, you're just on a roll, aren't you? This looks lovely by the way. :)

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  3. Beautiful print; also you trees in the snow.

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  4. Thanks, everyone! It feels good to be productive, although I am starting to feel a tad obsessive. There are THREE editions on the rack right now (not counting the trees from the first week of the year)... and a fourth that ended up abandoned at the first pass because the block was warped. Crazy!

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  5. I really love your reduction linos, your detail is amazing and that blue...brilliant

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  6. It's nice to see you inspired by your ocean trip already. Can't wait to see what's next!

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  7. Gorgeous! But I might be biased.

    how much longer do you suppose I can keep this up?

    Now, is this a rhetorical question or should we open a book?

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