Tiny Tropical Bouquet

Tiny tropical bouquet Print on handmade recycled paper. To make this paper I use a blend of my recycled white paper and to change the color I use brown paper bags from the grocery store. Because sometimes I forget my reusable bag. 🫣 To make my paper, I first sort all the paper, and then shred all the paper, that comes into my house. To make different colors I use the different color papers from my sort. All of my prints are printed on handmade paper, and a lot of the paper is paper that I make.

Every single one of my prints is hand-printed and not a reproduction.
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 printing. All of my prints are created using this process.
First, I start by drawing the image desired to carve onto a block of linoleum. Areas to remain the color of the surface being printed on are carved from the block first. Then the ink is rolled onto the uncut surface of the block. I then lay the paper on top of the block, first attaching the tabs that hold the paper in place so that each time I lay down the paper the image is transferred with complete registration. When the paper is removed the image then appears in reverse.