Jumping Jackalopes!

My brand new Jackalope print will be exhibited at the Mid America Print Council Conference (MAPC) in Laramie, Wyoming October 3–6, 2018 as part of the Jackalope Portfolio organized by Oscar Gillespie. The conference theme is “Go West.” In that spirit, Gillespie sold the Jackalope portfolio exchange theme to 23 participants: “The frontier is forever…

A Big Carp in a Small Pond – Seize the Carp!

I often participate in printmaking’s great tradition of print exchanges. This image is for one such exchange organized by the Wood Engravers’ Network and Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum, called Seize the Carp! This long-term collaboration is in the spirit of carpe diem – seize the day – for wood engravers. This block will…

Press Restoration Success!

After removing the rust from my 1925 (new to me) 8 x 12 Chandler and Price printing press, I needed to figure out how to animate it. Operating the press only with my hands and arms is not practical or efficient. My options were to buy a foot driven treadle (like old sewing machines had)…

Summer Commissions in End Grain

These past few months have been full of fun adventures and productive studio time. This post focuses on the commissions – the first commissioned by Larkspur Press for “Planting Trees” a poem by Wendell Berry that will be printed as a broadside and sold at Black Swan Books in Lexington, KY. Trees are complicated structures,…

All-A-Flutter at KY Crafted: The Market!

Stop by the activities area at KY Crafted: The Market this weekend April 22 & 23! We will be making Butterfly Books – the Viceroy, Kentucky’s state butterfly! The butterfly covers are original prints designed, handprinted and cut by Joanne Price. Another pollinator for the Market and a delightful book to record stories or drawings…