My latest listing on Etsy has just gone live! It is a hand-colored version of “Don’t Play Koi with Me!” I used calligraphy inks and watercolors for the color. Also, I added a calligraphy gold ink in the tail and body to make the koi fish scales pop! Click on the image to see the Etsy listing and more photographs!
Last week I successfully printed my tattooed woman block! To be entitled “Don’t Play Koi with Me!” this print celebrates both the human figure and the art of tattooing. The human form is an enduring theme in art. To study, and to understand the human form, students often draw from live models. For the viewer, an artistically posed nude is
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The latest addition to my store has finally arrived! Anyone who has been reading this blog for a while might remember my posting about a peacock print I was working on back in 2009. I finished carving the block in 2010 or so, but I just never got around to printing it. I don’t really have a reason for not
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