you are safe with me tonight, my first woodcut edition
September 25th, 2008 by sissT
I went and joined a print making course at Inverlochy Art School in Wellington. Basia Smolnicki’s eight week (3 hours a week) crash course through printmaking was covering an introduction to printmaking, colographs, woodcut, dry point and acid etching and I really loved it.
I never ever thought that woodcut printmaking would be something I am interested in, but the moment I sat down and began to cut into the wood (using a sharp tool ^_^) I knew that this is working really well for me
I was very lucky to get a nice old book press form trademe …
… and after several visits to the french art shop I was finally set up to do my first print at home.
It is really very rare that I am really proud of any of my artwork, but this is definitely going in the right direction. Seeing that I went into printmaking to get away from my mac, this is a even more natural process. With screen printing you still have scan and prepare the images, fight with photo emulsion and exposure time… with woodcut and drypoint you just sit down and get going. I really love doing it and I hope to find time to do some more.
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November 17th, 2008 at 5:14 am
This bear is so peaceful. i like your composition.
Congratulations from Taiwan.
December 31st, 2008 at 1:44 am
Thanks! I love your little wooden creatures. I am working on something similar with driftwood, but my prototypes still do not get the right look :-)…