Category Archives: art

Friday Night Flicks: Deep Sea Diver by Linocutboy

Posted on March 27, 2020 by

Last week’s flick showed the stages in producing a carved wood printing block with an all-over pattern. Today’s flick shows Nick Morley, aka Linocutboy, drawing, carving and printing a linocut. From the text on Vimeo: Making the linocut involves carefully … Continue reading →

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Some Simulated Stamps

Posted on March 22, 2020 by

After completing I’ve looked at clouds I got G is for Geography back out of storage. In all the excitement at finishing the embroidery on the covers for the interior intersections, I forgot about the stamps! All the stamps used … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Carving a Printing Block

Posted on March 20, 2020 by

Hand-carved blocks are used in the production of traditional hand-printed textiles in India. They are also used in the production of decorative papers. This video from the Victoria and Albert Museum shows the process of making the printing blocks.   … Continue reading →

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I’ve looked at clouds

Posted on March 15, 2020 by

I finished I’ve looked at clouds this week. It continued to go less smoothly than I would have preferred.

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Friday Night Flicks: “Mère et Enfant par Beno

Posted on November 29, 2019 by

Last week’s flick featured some easy ways to make little books. Tonight’s flick shows the complex process used to produce a traditional ‘moku hanga’ or woodblock print. Some of the Japanese ukiyo-e prints produced this way originally appeared in books. … Continue reading →

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And On To The Next

Posted on November 10, 2019 by

The last (at least for the moment) of the bi-coloured menko works —Mademoiselle de Maupin— is complete. I have moved on to another paper quilt using a different structure, based on my re-invention of the ‘Shrigley’ binding.

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Sometimes My Life is a Little Too Fluxus, Part Two

Posted on November 3, 2019 by

Last week I wrote about some of the works included in Sometimes My Life is a Little Too Fluxus, the Flux-kit conceived and assembled by Amy Spencer. This week I will show the rest of the works from the little … Continue reading →

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Sometimes My Life is a Little Too Fluxus

Posted on October 27, 2019 by

Although the title of today’s post could apply to me, it is actually a quotation from Elizabeth Kotz, and the title of a collaborative work assembled by Amy Spencer via Instagram. I wrote a bit about my contribution here. Participants … Continue reading →

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The Girl in the Golden Atom

Posted on October 13, 2019 by

It has been another week of playing with menko. I completed The Girl in the Golden Atom.

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Keeping On Keeping On

Posted on October 6, 2019 by

I am making progress, though slowly. The Girl in the Golden Atom is now in its final stage, but a number of processes were required to get this far. I finished folding the spacer menko, and inserted them in the … Continue reading →

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