Sunday, January 16, 2011

Linocut icons... progress!

I really need to get the vacuum in here. I just swept another pile of lino crumbs into the bin, but they're tracked through the rug and hiding behind every piece of furniture in the studio. (Ahhhh.... life is good!)


I didn't intend to spend my entire Sunday carving an outhouse (!) and a tiny jail, but there you have it. There are now 14 little linocuts carved and awaiting an adventure with ink, paper, and baren, but I've still 4 more on the to-do list for this round of the icon project. They're all just critters from here on out, no more covered wagons or grain elevators– at least for now.

6 comments:

  1. Vacuuming? Remember the words of Quentin Crisp, who I (no doubt mis)quote everytime anyone mentions cleaning.

    "After six years the dirt doesn't get any worse."

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  2. Or rather,

    At a certain point, you start to track dirt OUT of the house....

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  3. Please don't do too much hoovering it will put the rest of us to shame...

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  4. I've been cutting 5 large blocks for several days, and my family has been teasing me about the spread of lino-chads all over the house. There is even a smattering on the front porch. Fortunately I don't have to vacuum just yet because we ran out of bags for it.

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  5. Ahhh! I've found housecleaning nirvana with you all. You may come and enjoy tea with lino crumbs at my place any time!

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  6. our vacuum has been in pieces for over a week, there is dog hair everywhere, and dirt and little rocks and pencil shavings all over the floor

    cleaning is over rated :p

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Linocut in Progress: The Third Act

Time to wrap up this linocut ! And we are wrapping at warp speed (see what I did there?)... because there are deadlines. Exhibition deadline...