Welcome! Woodblock Print: Dusk, View from the Highway

Welcome to my new blog and redesigned website!  After five years with my old blog, I'm sorry to leave it behind, but I couldn't resist the "neatness" of having everything located within one website.  My old blog will remain as an archive--it's linked at the right as Blogger Archive. 

Title: Dusk, View from the Highway
Paper: Magnani Pescia, Cream
Paper Size: 11 x 14" 
Image Size: 9 x 12"
Block: Cherry, 2 blocks
Ink: Akua Intaglio
Edition size: 45

One of my first prints of the New Year!  I normally carve Shina Plywood for my woodblocks, but this time I chose Cherry because I knew  I wanted some fine detail in the branches.  Carving the harder wood took some getting used to, but for this project, it was worth it!  It was really a joy to be able to carve around tiny little lines and have them hold up well.

The blue sky was inked onto the flat, uncarved surface of a block so that it fades from dark to lighter blue.  The main block was inked with two rollers--black for the top 2/3 and dark brown for the bottom 1/3, with some blending in between.      

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