28th Apr 2018

DIY Buttons

  Shirt Buttons I’ve got a policy that if I need a button on a shirt I will make it. It’s taken well over a year. I finally lost a...

24th Apr 2018

Balloon

Over at hack613 we’re doing a space program so I’ve got balloons on my mind. Also I like things that fly too. I’m working on an art project concept involving...

21st Apr 2018

Did you make a Mothers Day and Fathers Day card yet?

I’ve made lots of fairly lame attempts at making cards and I finally found a way I’m happy with. I really like printmaking and card making is such a great...

07th Apr 2018

Printmaking Cards

I’ve been experimenting with printmaking and portraits and I think I found a great way to make greeting cards. I think this is a great candidate for workshops and also...

30th Mar 2018

Anti-Gun Art Anyone?

There is a call for printmaking art (below) that looks like fun. What about putting together a group of people (Ottawa) to make some art for it? Don’t you think...

21st Mar 2018

More Printmaking!

I’m doing a fun series of my friend Joyce. There are a couple other ladies interested I will start those as the images come in. I think this will be...

15th Mar 2018

Cherries Print

Here’s a five plate printmaking project. It’s not a traditional reduction, I’ve made five actual plates. The plate design was made to have no overlap between the inks on any of the...

14th Mar 2018

Power-lines Print

This printmaking project uses a square piece of linoleum. You use the square to mark a piece of paper then cut it into a stencil. You use use the stencil...

14th Mar 2018

Crow Print

Here’s more printmaking in the pipe. It’s 4×4″ and is a lino mounted on a piece of birch plywood. The idea is you use the birch square to make a...

14th Mar 2018

Pluto Print

I started working on a four plate portrait of Pluto. Which is a planet. 🙂 This is printmaking with lino. Related Published on: Dec 30, 2017 @ 17:57

13th Mar 2018

Building and Sky Printmaking

This uses the same method I devised from the Crow. The block is used to mark paper so you can make the sky and the reflection. You then use the...

13th Mar 2018

Mats for Framing

Thanks to the advice of Pam in B.C. I now have a mat board cutter. She also sent me some mat board material for practice. Wow it’s fun and works...

10th Mar 2018

Hack Ur Business Cards

  I use these techniques to take obsolete cards (or cards I’ve received but already recorded them) and covert them into upcycle cards! Lino Printmaking For cards that are blank...

25th Feb 2018

Icon

This project is to do portraits of Ottawa Icons using printmaking techniques. Time to celebrate our beautiful town! Below is the current work queue. Please comment with your suggestion for...

19th Feb 2018

Solar Salsa Fan

I like salsa dancing but I have a hard time staying cool. Here’s an inexpensive and easy solution! And it works great. I got a 120mm-5V fan in ebay for...

30th Dec 2017

Printmaking and Portraits

Doug and I have been working on this. We tried some lithographic experiments (and a few other things with varying success). The relief printing is really coming forward. This is...

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