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DCartpress
Apr 20, 20243 min read
Esbocos do Porto Book Assembly
All the parts for the Esbocos do Porto book were gathered together and time set aside to assemble the books.
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DCartpress
Dec 27, 20234 min read
Printing Fine Line Details and Color Accents.
To continue on from the last blog post that talked about inking a detail block without making a mess, I wanted to post my most recent...
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DCartpress
Dec 21, 20236 min read
Original Print or Giclee?
A fellow artist proudly announced that he is creating original prints of his watercolors. “Really?” “Yeah, I manipulate the image in my...
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DCartpress
Dec 10, 20235 min read
A New Block For An Existing Image
A friend was asking about the challenge of creating a new block to print a background color to a reduction woodblock that is nearing...
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DCartpress
Aug 10, 20232 min read
Inspiration for the March Dance
I was asked what inspired me to create the crane woodblock. The woodblock was complied from multiple sketches made over a few years of...
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DCartpress
Aug 1, 20233 min read
The Final Carve
It is always a joy to watch an image evolve from nebulous color fields into a definable image as each color layer is printed over the...
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DCartpress
Apr 23, 20232 min read
Layer Upon Layer
Have started work on a new woodblock of a nocturne scene in the Rio Grande Gorge. I print light to dark using the reduction process of...
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DCartpress
Mar 28, 20232 min read
Adding a glaze and using a mask.
Being open to change can be a bit challenging. The first challenge is to recognize a change needs to happen. As I was printing the last...
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DCartpress
Mar 1, 20232 min read
Printing Gorge Two Track
I always feel like I am reaching a turning point when printing an edition as I start printing the foreground on a woodblock landscape....
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DCartpress
Feb 4, 20232 min read
A Quick Solution to Finish a Block
I was pleased at first with the woodblock "Evening Enchantment" but after looking at it for a day, I realized it needed one more color...
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DCartpress
Feb 4, 20232 min read
Printing Sandhill Cranes
I spent a few days of printing at the Ann Korologos gallery for the end of July. I was situated by the front windows, working at a large...
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DCartpress
Feb 4, 20232 min read
Setting up a block with registration.
Over 10 years ago I started to move away from oil based inks and using the Japanese method of printing. One of the first steps in that...
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DCartpress
Dec 6, 20222 min read
Inking A Block
Someone asked about the details of inking a woodblock using the moku hanga process. For me, one of the attractions of the process is the...
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DCartpress
Dec 6, 20222 min read
What is a Reduction Woodblock?
One of the print processes I use extensively is called the Reduction Process. This is where a single block is carved between printings....
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