October 2002 Archive

Wednesday, October 02, 2002

Halloween Felines
Last night I was musing on the popularity of reproduction paper mache halloween decoration this season. Inevitably, a black cat and pumkin are represented with wide maniacal smiles. So, last night I was sketching a maniacally smiled black cat of my own, for no particular reason. Several hours later I had about 15 linocut prints/greeting cards of it. I've got 30 orange envelopes sittin' around, so I'm making continue to edition them to get enough solid ones to sell 'em in the store.

Strangely, some are getting a really mottled pattern - I think I'm using too much pressure and actually squishly the linoleum part down and getting the bumps of the burlap. Seems a bit odd, but I can't account for the pattern elsewhere - my lil' Speedball hand press is all smooth. Huh.

The best part of editioning again (really the first true editioning since college!), is the sound of rolling out the ink on the glass with a rubber brayer. A very satisfying sound.

Next linocut will have a lot less black areas in the design, so I won't feel like such an editioning ninny.

Uh-Oh
As punishment for spending all my milk money on fabric, I'm not allowed to open my fabric cabinet until my online store is up and running. Much to do...
posted on 5:49 PM