Hand-carved blocks printed on fine paper and fabrics made with lots of love and ink in the mountains of Vermont

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I’ve been MIA for so many months. I abandoned this five (six? seven?) layer reduction print right as it was about to get good. Let’s see how long it takes to wrap my head around it again. At least I’m picking it back up in its match
Having fun using up some old water-based @speedball_art ink and new Terns-Burton registration pins to test print what will be a series of prints. I love when the test print exceeds all expectations—so excited to dive into the full edition soon!
Probably an unpopular opinion, but I’m here to encourage you to use an old school paper cutter (even better if $5 from the local salvage store) to cut your lino. Straight lines every time, a satisfying slam at the end, and no need to trim or bu
I haven’t been able to roll ink out lately but in spare moments I steal away to cut, cut, cut. Paper, a mondo roll of lino, slowly but surely I’ll have quite the stockpile of materials at the ready for my next printing session. I’ve
Sound on for delicious sticky inky noises! I don’t have some fancy reel for my peel reveal, just me and my inky hands and furnace running in the background (my studio is in the basement). It took SO MUCH ink and some unexpected brayer swaps to
I started this block during the height of summer. We have over a foot of snow falling today. I couldn’t see my way through this forest for a lonnnggg time. I finally carved the last 10% and proofed printed this old gal. What a nice rest from la
Good morning! Third layer warming things up on this -17 Sunday. (Eeekkkk it’s still working out! So far…so far…). #printmaking #linocut #wip #blockprinting #blockprint #reduction #reductionprint #vermontartist #artmom