pop-ups and anniversaries

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Today we’re celebrating my parents’ 32nd wedding anniversary- I didn’t make them a card this year, but I thought I’d share some old ones..

I made this pop-up card for their 24th. It was pretty much my first and last stab at paper cutting, which I’d love to do more of, but would need the proper tools and a whole set of skills I don’t yet have.

This next card may have been an anniversary card or for something else- all i know is that it was for my parents, so I guess it fits with this post..

Also mildly related- we’re having a party at our house this evening and we used my postcards as invitations.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

theme & variations

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One thing I especially love about printmaking is getting to play with the image during the printing process – even if its something as simple as switching out colors. This is a 3 color photo litho done with Photopolymer plates. The three layers were first hand drawn on mylar then transferred onto the plates in an exposure unit.. Here are just a few of the many variations:

First, the complete 3 color litho in the originally intended colors:

Just one plate:

Two plates (pink and blue):

HOOT written up by Geekadelphia

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Geekadelphia just posted about HOOT (the literary magazine on postcard). They included an image of the postcard I designed for HOOT’s May issue- check out the post!

And, while going back in time to subscribe to HOOT is worthy of the Tardis (as Geekadelphia implies), you can just get all of their back issues here (their Etsy shop) and subscribe in time to receive July’s issue in the mail! Save the Tardis for something else- like witnessing Socrates drinking his hemlock, meeting Sitting Bull, or jumping to the future to find out what the Singularity is all about.

Hand Colored Lithograph

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I added some color to one of my black and white lithos:

Here’s the original:

I think I’ll do a few other variations sometime soon.

a few more black & white drawings

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Thanks everyone for the feedback on my last drawing. I’m still undecided, but it seems the majority of you like option 2, the one with a purple/pink background, so i’m adding that one to my gallery.

Here are a few more black & white drawings for your viewing pleasure:

Which version do you like better?

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First, let me say HAPPY FATHERS DAY to all the dads out there.

Second, which version do you like better?

Option 1:

Option 2:

a few black & white drawings

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More from the vaults:

Drawings Added to Gallery

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My wonderful sister, Amira, has asked me to scan a few of my old drawings for some unspecified project of hers that she won’t tell me about. So, I’ve dug into the depths of my giant overflowing folder of drawings (that I really ought to devise a safer storage method for) and begun scanning some of her old favorites. I thought I’d share a few here:

New Postcard in Shop!

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This is the 4th addition to my Etsy Shop!

The image is a litho based on a drawing I did a few years back that has been very popular- I hope you like it!

HOOT and Henna, Take 2

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This time I’m announcing it beforehand!

I will be joining the HOOT team this Sunday at Art for the Cash Poor 13– there will be henna, HOOT, and many many postcards (and lets not forget {mini} literature). Plus lots of other interesting artists worth checking out.

 

Sunday, June 10, 2012 from noon until 6 pm at the Crane Building (1400 N. American Street). Come and find us!