OniOniOniArt

  I finally broke out the lovely indigo blue-colored printmaking ink. I got it about three months ago and promptly forgot about it. It's a little more difficult to work with than the black ink for some reason - the consistency is a bit different (or at least seems like it to me), but I did manage to make it work! Blue lino prints are available in my shop HERE   (I will be adding more...) For more about how I make lino block prints, visit HERE For another look at my printing process, visit HERE (If you're wondering, yes, the ink is smelly before it dries)

I'm falling a bit behind here! This leaf beetle is for making more earrings, but I haven't had the time to get them done yet. I'll update the post once I've completed them. [February 27, 2020] Update: They are completed and can be viewed in my shop HERE

I grew up with black cats, but for the last 17 years, I've had two ginger cats. Thus far, I've made only black cat linos for my shop, but today, in honor of my beloved ginger cats and ginger cats the world over, I've made a ginger print run! These all sold out - thank you! I have other colors available HERE !

Maneki Neko , completed July 23, 2015 Here is a photographic illustration of how I make lino block prints...  original pencil sketch Every lino starts with a sketch. Often I will flip the image (and resize if necessary) using the computer. Sometimes I can trace onto the block directly from the original. Here I am using graphite paper to transfer the drawing (which is under the white paper in this photo). Note that the image has been flipped. Since I work primarily on a small scale (usually smaller than 2" x 3" - 5 x 7.5 cm), I typically use just three blade types for cutting the design into the linoleum: the #1 V blade for details, the #2 V blade for further outlining, and the #5 U blade for removing the excess linoleum. Here I have cut the detail lines and the outline once with the #1 blade. This is the second outline with the #1.  I widen the outline around the image in stages for two reasons. First, one is less likely to ...

My cluttered work space made even more cluttered with fresh prints! My day job makes it rather difficult to keep up with the lino printing, or anything else, really. Sometimes, though, you've got to put your foot down - and so I've designated today Lino Printing Day (I've been meaning to get to these for a month now...and is it wrong of me to be singing "Lino Printing Day" to the tune of "Weasel Stomping Day" from Robot Chicken ? I want you to know I wholeheartedly disapprove of weasel stomping).  Then perhaps next weekend I can work on something new, Hoorah! Sometimes the fact that I know I need to make more lino prints prevents me from starting something else...a bit of human psychosis I can acknowledge but can't seem to work around. Brains are strange things.  Today I will print from four already established blocks. I begin by setting up all of my supplies...my inking "plate" (ETA: originally it was a sheet of acetate, n...