Christmas
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Every year I get a little misty-eyed about Christmas and what it means to me. And so I get to share my feelings with friends and loved ones in the form of a little vignette captured in the form of a Christmas card. This year’s card is a linocut of Sasi and me surrounded by…
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Logan’s enjoying his favorite bubbly water soda and keeping Ben company while he cooks up another amazing concoction in the kitchen. Napoleon races into the living room to hang out with his pals, Snug and Lula, and to watch the family hang lights, light candles and decorate the tree. Lina completes the finishing touch by…
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Step 1: On the day after Thanksgiving, wake up, sigh deeply, then make a sketch or two Step 2: Paint the image on the linoleum block Step 3: Carve and carve and carve some more Step 4: Ink it, spot the errors, fix ’em, then ink again Step 5: Print it, mail it, post it…
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Every December for the past jillion years I’ve done a hand-made Christmas card. This holiday tradition started when I was a teenager — my mailing list was super short and all the cards were unique and hand-painted. As my mailing list grew I started using lithography, eching and block printing to make the process faster.…
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Merry Christmas!
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You might not think of the printmaking process as action-filled or dicey or even as daring. Might I try my hand at persuading you to think differently? Printmaking routinely hits these emotions: Yeah, that last one isn’t really an emotion, but working with sharp instruments while drinking brandy and egg nog is a little nerve…
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I finished this painting today (oil on canvas, 10 x 8 inches) just in time for Christmas.
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It’s a family! It’s a family with their dogs! It’s a singing family Christmas card!
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Here’s what the block looks like fully carved. … and here’s a view of some of the printed cards. Cut, carve, gouge, slice, nick, nick, nick! (That’s the sound of the linocut carving in progress.) G strings for Christmas… along with E, A, D, and B. And the dogs go, “Woooooooo!” I finished the drawing…
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It all started in 1986…
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Lina moved to Chicago. Logan moved across town in Boise. Melissa and I are without our beloved kids in the house. So we text ’em, FaceTime ’em, call ’em, and look forward to visits. The Christmas card this year still shows the family together, made possible by the miracle of technology. Not to mention the…
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A tradition at our house is to make Christmas gifts by hand. I came across this composite image of nine tiny little door paintings I painted a couple years ago. Good inspiration for this year’s gifts.
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The Drawing The Painting on the Block The Carving The Printed Card
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The elves decided to go for a second color on the card this year, so we now have a two-tone card. Them elves, they slay me!
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I took the day off from work yesterday to finish the carving. Today and tomorrow I’ll be printin’ up a storm!
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I didn’t have my camera handy when I spotted these elves, so I took the liberty of capturing the moment with an artist’s rendering. This is what I recall seeing last night when I turned on the light in the studio.
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Here’s the drawing for this year… Here’s the start of the painting on the block… Here’s the finished painting… Now, it’s time to carve! Here’s the image at about the halfway point. This is a close-up of Lina-in-the-box getting a new mitten. And this is the block fully carved out. Next step, artist’s proof! The first few…
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Every year on the day after Thanksgiving I begin the process of making the annual Christmas card — a family portrait to send to friends and family. To be honest, when I started this in 1984 I thought printing my own cards would save both time and money. It does NOT save time unless you compare it to…
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