tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697729207783652831.post3382462557707943099..comments2024-03-23T06:51:16.758-07:00Comments on 1000 Woodcuts: Is it January already?Maria Arango Dienerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00920008265178462169noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697729207783652831.post-34605613484745001882010-10-20T19:46:49.151-07:002010-10-20T19:46:49.151-07:00Thanks Annie! BIG magnifying lamp makes it not so ...Thanks Annie! BIG magnifying lamp makes it not so difficult but you have to be patient and careful. The specks are small...tiny...very very minute...weeMaria Arango Dienerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920008265178462169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697729207783652831.post-80495733328172299702010-10-18T06:35:04.634-07:002010-10-18T06:35:04.634-07:00Beautiful! And now that you've said it's 5...Beautiful! And now that you've said it's 5 x 8, I'm even more impressed with your fine carving (engraving). Those specks you're worrying about must be very very small!Annie Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00178236295806176573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697729207783652831.post-79807349031244126392010-10-15T22:27:36.122-07:002010-10-15T22:27:36.122-07:00Thanks everyone!
The print is only 5" x 8&quo...Thanks everyone!<br />The print is only 5" x 8" or roughly 13 x 20 cm. Quite small. I had to transfer the numbers from a computer printout as I didn't trust myself to draw them evenly. For the rest, I started out with a pencil drawing and played a bit in Photoshop before coming up with the "right" composition. I was surprised at the perceived depth too. <br />Fun project, quite tedious; keeps me at the bench for hours at a time.Maria Arango Dienerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920008265178462169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697729207783652831.post-36694287938017925112010-10-15T21:52:07.816-07:002010-10-15T21:52:07.816-07:00Very nice, the black and white work combined with ...Very nice, the black and white work combined with the gray background give it a lot of depth for just two blocks. <br /><br />How big is the block/print?Andrew Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02184272649874888854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697729207783652831.post-86344976074154254292010-10-15T17:49:12.578-07:002010-10-15T17:49:12.578-07:00This is beautiful! Completely adore the design, an...This is beautiful! Completely adore the design, and I agree with the cleaning of the block (although I generally do not have the patience, I often wish I had at the end!).Benedict Mayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15359687804159518999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697729207783652831.post-83511747395350816812010-10-15T11:10:05.847-07:002010-10-15T11:10:05.847-07:00I love it! So beautiful. And clean. ;-] It pay...I love it! So beautiful. And clean. ;-] It pays to stop and clean the block as you print.<br /><br />A calendar is such a great idea. 8-]Ellen Shipleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07806407695486557068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697729207783652831.post-65099845034897254382010-10-15T09:12:11.853-07:002010-10-15T09:12:11.853-07:00Thanks Mark! Perhaps it was a gory glory! One of t...Thanks Mark! Perhaps it was a gory glory! One of the things that I enjoy most is engraving through my big magnifying lamp. Makes the block look like a tiny world with deep "canyons" and "trails" and "mesas". I really feel sometimes that I could shrink myself and go "down there" and walk around my carving.Maria Arango Dienerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920008265178462169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697729207783652831.post-4237571336389165462010-10-15T08:40:09.885-07:002010-10-15T08:40:09.885-07:00I think your missing an 'l' in the word &q...I think your missing an 'l' in the word "glory".<br /><br />" ...in all its gory detail on end-grain maple,"<br /><br />should be:<br /><br />" ...in all its glory detail on end-grain maple."<br /><br />IMHO... :-)<br />Mark VosmeierAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com