During the Art-A-Licious Festival in September I demonstrated cutting linoleum on Friday and wood on Saturday. This is the woodcut from Saturday. I’m not an expert woodcutter by any means. I am always experimenting with new mediums and new techniques. This is shina plywood. I used flexcut tools. Although I do like the flexcut tools I am still planning on purchasing some japanese cutting tools soon. I also experimented with my ink on this print. I used Akua Color ink which I liked. I noticed immediately that this ink is much more liquid and requires stirring prior to use. It cleans up nicely with water and it does not dry too quickly on the glass. Overall, it made a good first impression. I’m still using Rives BFK paper. I spent a lot of time trying to find a good quality paper so I’m not ready to start experimenting with new paper since Rives is perfect in my opinion….at least for what I’m using it for. As far as ink drying time I have no idea. I do plan on hand coloring this when it’s dry. I’m hoping it will dry in two weeks so I can frame it and have it available to display at Pentamere Winery in Tecumseh. Now…I need to get back to printing. I still want to print the linocut that I cut on Friday of Artalicious. Hopefully, I’ll have another post in a few hours.
The Heron 