Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Prep for Jenni's Wedding



Finally all the pieces are dyed and set. Next comes the ironing, printing and sewing. Here they are set to dry.



dyed silk in a bucket



Printed Silk- Double Happiness Chinese Character, and The Assyrian Tree of Life





Monday, August 10, 2009

My Press!


this is the Vandercook proofing press i recently purchased. this is stage one- in pieces waiting to be cleaned. But this is its new home at Open Lot Studios

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Printer fingers and gloves...!




Here are the hands of fellow printmakers Tom and Katy, and my lovely gloves after handling many, many, many individually inked pieces.




these are a few of those pieces


Thursday, August 6, 2009

Open Studios was a lot of fun!

Hilary from Best Mile Blog came a took a few good shots, and here's a few of my own just of the space.
Thank you to everyone who stopped in!


Hilary's photograph of Dennis and I at the silkscreen station, prep work




The Wheel backed by three hanging banners, with a few etchings at the border




hanging Josh Crow's paintings