Today was the day of the Miniature Book Binding class at Starpointe Studio – it was a great way to spend the day! Our group of four made two miniature books which we glued and sewed together – all by hand and with beautiful, colorful papers and thread. A gorgeous fall day with lots of…
Please join me for the opening reception of the Wood Engravers’ Network Triennial Exhibition and two other printmaking exhibitions on November 4th, 7pm at the University of Kentucky’s M.I. King Library, home of the Special Collections Research Center. I will be talking about wood engraving with historical and contemporary examples as well as some of…
I’m so pleased to announce the release of Frank X Walker‘s Affrilachian Sonnets – a refreshing collection of poems that inspired 3 original wood engraved illustrations, published by Larkspur Press. This engraving relates most directly with the poem “Gunning for Bear”. I had a great time researching the different characters and the town of Danville,…
Did you miss the Little Free Print Exchange (LFPE) at the Mid America Print Council Conference? Maybe you weren’t prepared with a print to exchange? Guess what? You can visit the Little Free Print Exchange inside the University of Kentucky’s School of Art and Visual Studies building on the second floor, November 4 through December…
I made a print for the Little Free Print Exchange in addition to organizing the exchange and building the Little Libraries! Little Free Print Exchange explains the interactive exhibition, but the actual theme of the print exchange was “community.” Community is a huge deal, especially in printmaking where expensive, heavy equipment is a necessary part…
The Little Free Print Exchange started as portfolio exchange that I organized for the 2016 Mid America Print Council’s, Print Matters/ Printing Matters Conference in Louisville and Southern Indiana October 5th through the 8th. I invited lots of Kentucky printmakers from Louisville and Lexington and places in between and ended up with a great mix…
This young lady made the last bee at Josephine Sculpture Park’s Fall Arts Festival on Sunday September 11! There were quite a few visitors who were leery about sitting down with bees, but in the end we convinced over 150 people that bees are our friends and worth saving! We had lots of fun…
WOOD ENGRAVING February 4 & 5, 2017, 10am – 5pm, at Starpointe Studio Wood engraving creates delicate, fine details with bold woodcut characteristics. Wood engraving was historically used to create images in news and leisure publications such as Harper’s Bazaar, Harper’s Weekly, the London Illustrated News and many more throughout the 1800 and early 1900s.…
SIMPLE MINIATURE BOOKS October 30th, 1-5pm at Starpointe Studio Learn how to create a miniature book using the long stitch binding technique AND create a great gift for yourself or someone special in this 4-hour workshop! We will use a variety of decorative papers to create our covers – bring some of your scrap decorative…
The Wood Engraving class held July 15th, 16th and 17th was a delight! The Morgan Papermaking Conservancy‘s facility was clean and organized and the atmosphere was just perfect for the quiet concentration needed for learning wood engraving. Not an easy task the weekend before the RNC hits Cleveland! Everyone worked diligently on their engraving –…