Time is running out, and I need to pack for the trip to Colorado. I will meet up with family and enjoy the mountain air, but for now:  I must print! I have the first draft of a new linocut, plus I want to see modifications to two other linocuts. So here are some proofs:

I certainly appreciate the Corvidae Press shop when trying to do a bit of “production” printmaking!  I have been in twice this week to work, and it was great. I love the space!  BUT I must remember watch out for hot sun on the inking station: that sets the ink up in hurry…

I need that space to mark & tear large sheets of paper, and to properly soak & blot paper as I print. And it takes two inking stations to ink this multipart plate. And the large press is SO NICE! Still, getting an edition of 15 with this plate is slow going as I experiment with ink colors. Since the theme is experimentation, I am not striving to produce identical prints… so that makes it more fun.

The above gallery of images includes an early proof, and a print using “two” plates (well actually part of the same plate, re-inked in black, and hand rubbed). I have some 20 8″x10″ prints now, so this will likely be my contribution the Corvidae 2013 print exchange, unless I spend all next week on another plate and change my mind …

This is pastel over a collograph print. The plate is made from cut up pieces of old linoleum plates that no longer interest me. Some of these are mounted to an 8″x10″ board, others cut to fit, but left loose to be inked separately.
I have not got a final working plate yet, but it has some promise!