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Scribbly Cottage: December 2010
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Friday, December 31, 2010. Boxing Day walk to Cadgwith. Cadgwith is a picturesque fishing village nestled down at the tip of Cornwall, near the Lizard. A mecca for tourists with very un-vehicle friendly streets (unless you have a boat! We parked in the free carpark up the hill at Ruan Minor and with the dog bundled up in his new winter coat, headed off towards the steep footpath down into Cadgwith itself. It was a grey day with an icy wind to probe your unmuffled bits. Brrrr! Over the stone stile. The Or...
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Scribbly Cottage: September 2010
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Monday, September 13, 2010. International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Yes, once again, it's Talk Like a Pirate Day. On the 19th September. A chance to dress up in garb piratical, practice your "Arrrrr! S and get some serious timbers shivered. Many take the opportunity to make it a charity fund-raiser and raise funds and laughs at the same time. And if you live in Cornwall or will be there on the day, the Cornish Pirates rugby team. Sunday 3pm. You might even see a decent game of rugger!
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Studio Window: US exhibition success
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My wood engraving and general arty blog. Saturday, March 24, 2012. April 13 - Minnesota Center for Book Arts. May 7 - June 30, 2012: Asheville Book Works, Asheville, North Carolina. June 2: opening reception starts at 7pm in conjunction with the WEN summer workshop. November 16 - January 6, 2013 - Open Book, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The prints in question. And 'Dinner is Served'. Society of Wood Engravers. Well done Sue, thats fantastic news! The deadline is April 1 so you have time. Diane Cutter's printm...
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Studio Window: Almost there!
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My wood engraving and general arty blog. Wednesday, November 30, 2011. As you can see, I made good progress yesterday and just have a small area of wave to engrave, along with a cozzie and a few tweaks here and there. If I get on ok today I may be able to run off a first proof to see how the print looks. Society of Wood Engravers. The block is beautiful. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Living and working in Kernow with my lovely hubby and Jack Russell Charlie. View my complete profile. Give us a wave!
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Studio Window: May 2012
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My wood engraving and general arty blog. Friday, May 11, 2012. Block's cut for the first colour. The cut away areas will remain white when I print. I've chosen a fairly neutral colour scheme and the first colour will be the lightest. My printing press is set up to print colour in registration (it may or may not work, we'll see! The first print run. I've printed a few more than I want to cover any registration mishaps when printing other colours. I'm using water soluble lino printing ink, which I don't li...
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Studio Window: Bathing Beauties
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My wood engraving and general arty blog. Wednesday, February 29, 2012. At long last, (having been delayed by many outside factors), I have managed to complete the block and start an edition run! So here we are.bathing beauties! Three jolly hardy ladies ride the surf on their ancient wooden belly boards. And all I can say is 'Roll on, Summer! I can't wait to get my belly board wet again. Society of Wood Engravers. Hear, hear. This print has turned out really well. x. And I cant wait to buy one from you!
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Studio Window: October 2011
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My wood engraving and general arty blog. Thursday, October 13, 2011. Here's the latest page in my sketchbook, along with a block bearing my chosen design in black ink. (in reverse of course, so that it prints the right way round). I shall begin to engrave today, hopefully it won't take long as it's only 7.5 cm x 12.4cm. The block is an old one made of (I think) box wood and resurfaced by Chris Daunt. The subject matter is one close to my heart (or perhaps I should say, my belly! Tuesday, October 04, 2011.
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Studio Window: May 2011
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My wood engraving and general arty blog. Friday, May 27, 2011. Enter stage left.the audience. The audience is starting to appear. The lady centre foreground is going to be wrapped in a spotty blanket. She had acquired a glass of wine to keep her warm. Theatre dress is definitely skewed towards warm and weatherproof! Performances continue through wind and rain.(The audience also bring picnics, flasks, wine. I was offered a slice of home made sponge cake last time, by a lady sitting next to me! I do find t...
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Studio Window: First proof
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My wood engraving and general arty blog. Wednesday, November 30, 2011. Here's the block inked up and locked onto the press bed. The first proof. I need to do a fair bit of tidying up, removing especially the spots in the sky area and tonal adjusting generally. The edges need to be more irregular so I'll fade off the squareness a bit down that left hand edge. The forgeround lady's cap needs lightening somehow. The shadow under the wave is too regular and needs adjusting. Society of Wood Engravers. Go for ...
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Studio Window: August 2011
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My wood engraving and general arty blog. Tuesday, August 30, 2011. I have ideas circulating for a new engraving. I want to try and depict the speed and thrill of riding a wooden bellyboard in the surf. The sort of wave that you catch and which then carries you pell mell with walls of foam sizzling past your ears and dumps you onto dry sand! Here's a first scribble:. In the meantime, here are some more beach studies:. Is it telling that I'm drawing people facing away from me? Wednesday, August 17, 2011.
