Can I tell you how good it felt to print again? It's been far too long since I ran some inked wood through the etching press, and I just loved to get it going, getting all inky, seeing that magic moment when a picture "magically" appears on paper? God, I love that!
Here are the prints I pulled. I still need to do some clean-up work on the poppy woodblock, but I wanted to get a feel for what it looked like printed. And the milagro heart is an older block that I've been meaning to print again to use as collage pieces in encaustics! I even printed a few images on paper, but I think I need to use different ink to get that to work. But imagine! Images on fabric! Art and sewing possibilities. Oh, I'm giddy!
And finally, to round out the poppy goodness, a quick shot of the poppy pillow I made for the living room. I bought the fabric awhile ago and just love it. love. it. As in, I should have bought more!Here's wishing all you mothers (and daughters and sons) have a wonderful mother's day! We're going to celebrate a day early with a neighborhood parade, street fair, and dinner at a local restaurant. Oh yeah! Happy Mother's Day!
4 comments:
I love wood block prints; their simplicity, basic chunks of color and space come together like puzzle pieces.
Are you sure you want to clean that poppy block up more? You've got a really lovely texture going on it.
So I googled myself (Amy Stoner) and came across you. I had to laugh, we're both very artistic people! Maybe it runs in the genes or something.
I'm setting up an account at Etsy myself shortly, I do mostly jewelry and Crocheted goods.
I'll definitely purchase an official Amy Stoner painting, your work is gorgeous.
Continued success.
Oh, it needs updated BADLY, but www.myspace.com/phatnotedesigns
Great prints and a lovely pillow:) The poppy fabric is really cool.
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