Into The Garden

So many delicate lines and tiny details. The inspiration for this block stems from the leaves and flowers I observe while taking my dog for walks. Most of the time, when I am creating botanical pieces, it is not about creating an accurate representation of the plants but mimicking their shapes or patterns and making them into a design that makes sense to me. The birds here are representatives of the Japanese white-eye. They are the cutest little birds, and they love the citrus trees around my house; this is where I see so many of them during my day. This block will soon be printed in black and white on smooth cotton rag paper. This block is approximately 9 in. X 12 in.

11-inch x 14-inch handmade deckled-edge cotton paper. Edition of 50 prints.

Prints will be rolled and packaged in a tube.

Every single one of my prints is hand-printed and not a reproduction. This means I hand-print each print and do not get "printed" copies of my prints.

There are many different printmaking techniques.

Traditional printmaking techniques include Relief printing, lithography, Intaglio Printing, and screen printing. At the moment, I prefer Linocut printmaking, which is a type of relief print. All of my prints are created using this process. First, I start by drawing the image I want to carve onto a block of linoleum. Areas to remain white on the print are carved from the block. Then the ink is rolled onto the uncut surface of the block. I then lay the paper on top of the block and press using a spoon and wooden block to transfer ink from the block to the paper to produce a print. When the paper is removed, the image then appears in reverse.

~A little History~

"The Art of printing was born in China during the Han Dynasty (a print on fabric can be dated to 220 AD), although some artifacts have been discovered in Egypt dating from the sixth or seventh century BC. "

"Linoleum was invented by Frederick Walton (UK) in the mid-1800s, first patenting the material in 1860. At that time, its main use was that of a flooring material, and later in the 1800s as actual wallpaper. By the 1890s, artists had started to use it as an artistic medium. Although linoleum is a floor covering that dates to the 1860s, the linocut printing technique was first used by the artist Die Brücke in Germany between 1905 and 1913. It had been similarly used for wallpaper printing. "

References.

(https://www.plumplumcreations.com/the-history-of-printmaking-part-1/)

(https://www.boardingallrows.com/history-of-lino-

printing-and-famous-linocut-artists)