This morning my plan was to include cats in a painting with a stamped and painted background. But then, as I was 'researching' on the internet, I found some glorious work. It is by a woman in Alaska named Evon Zerbetz. It stopped me cold. I was fascinated with her crows. You have to check out her linocuts. So I adjusted my plan just a little bit, and carved this little face.
Cat Face
4x3
I've had linoleum and Mastercarve here for a year and didn't start using them ( with any goal in mind) til recently. There is just something about that scraping and digging that appeals to me....but I think the best part will be using my inks to color the prints. Remember I said I wouldn't get distracted by something else? This doesn't count, does it? I'm still making stamps, right?
4 comments:
When you ink, do you "paint" on the ink, more than one color, and make a single multi-color print, or do you use a brayer and register each color individually?
Oh...I actually know zero about this and just thought I'd do a single painted with a brush print. There is so much I have to learn.
Love this kitty! Thanks for pointing us toward Evon's amazing work too.
Deborah!
Brava for jumping in on this project!
This looks quite detailed and must've taken a lot of patience.
So this is almost like a stamp, correct? If so, maybe you can make a whole series of this close-up kitty using a different color for each application.
Now I'm wondering what you'll do next!
-Dean
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