Cricketts Inky Art Blot

I had printed this miniature with 5 color layers over the past couple of weeks, yesterday I added an extra layer of white to soften the edges of the feather. In the background you can see some of the second version alarm clock prints. I have also started playing around with images to make these digital prints. The glasses are a reoccurring theme.

Last week I had printed a small print to go with the relief cut series. Part of this was carved with "Softkut", an eraser type of material that is stamped rather than hand rubbed. I had also printed a small white circle made from precut relief carving block, also by stamping. Today I added a clock face to the bottom corner, over the top of the white. I am thinking of exhibiting this for Artown this July. I am helping to organize an exhibition at Wildflower Art Village for the Printmaker's Conspiracy and have quite neglected the fact I need to put some prints of my own into it! The weather is cold this morning, but I see a few signs of Spring from the window.

My set of prints went off to Carson City today ready for hanging in the "Secret's Revealed" exhibition by members of Printmaker's Conspiracy. I finished my etching of Lady Penelope riding an elephant just in time for the show. I hand tinted it with watercolours and printed with sangrine and black ink mixed. I need to print off an edition of each of my prints when Oxbow press is open, then I can start on new work in this series.

Sad as it seems, the community press-time at TMCC is now over. We had our final work critique and studio clean up last week. I miss my collegues already, but hopefully they will all be joining me for press-time at Oxbow Press. I have framed up my prints for the Printmaker's Conspiracy show "Secret's Revealed" that will be exhibited from May to September in Carson City. I am looking forward to seeing how my new prints look hung in a gallery.