This artwork was created in many layers and used many materials. The background started out with a pair of old jeans, gesso, ripped pages from and old book and used tea bags. White accents were added by printing a hand-carved stamp with gesso and drawing white leaves with Sakura Souffle pen over the tea bags.…
This bird was carved on a soft block with carving tools.
This is a print of the Three Continuous Flowers block so you could see how it connects on all sides, having the design flow from one print to the one next to it. I went over the design with pen and ink (in the center) so it is easier to see the connections. I hope…
These flowers were carved on a 4×4 inch soft block. The design continues on all four sides, so that if you keep printing the same block your design is connected to the ones next to it. I will upload another file so you can see it.
The house was carved on soft block with a carving tool. The finished art was created with 6 reduction prints.
The tree was made with hemp and couched to the painted Tyvek background with gold thread. Used tea bags were sewn to the background before adding the tree. The Tyvek and dark green background were attached to the painted canvas with french knots in brown thread (which you will see throughout the piece). I added…
This work started out with a hand-carved block of leaves printed on a continuous line horizontally and vertically. The design connects the leaf stalks, so that you can print it in all directions and the stalks connect to make a continuous design. After that I just played with different materials (calligraphy ink, colored pencil, pen…
Bowl mad with recycled paper and newspaper, gesso, acrylics, hemp, and beads. Embelishments around the bowl were done with hand-carved blocks and gold gel pen.
After watching a Quilting Arts TV show about modifiying pictures to create a quilt, I decided to try it with Pen and Ink instead. I modified the picture of my cat Odo into black and white, posterized it into 4 tones, and then used Pen and Ink to create this piece. It is really fun…
