Thursday, February 14, 2013

MAILING MY YOT SNAKE CARD

I finished my Year of the Snake card this week and put it in the mail today.  They are slithering their way all over the globe, hopefully there's one on it's way to you.  Below are some progress pictures.

I did a reduction cut on a piece of bass wood. (Meaning I used the same block of wood throughout the process, cutting away the parts I want to remain the color I just printed)
I rolled on the Akua Intaglio inks with a brayer and used a baren to transfer it to the paper, which is probably Rives (I forgot to write down what it was after I bought it).

The pictures are in reverse order, the first steps are at the bottom...

Finished!


All the cards laid out to dry
Made quite the mess trying to decide on final color


Auditioning different colors for final outline


After the third color 

Rolling on the third color - a darker green


Second color - light green


First color - Red


First stage of block

Carving using a magnifying glass with a light

The original drawing


Happy New Year!

Hope the Year of the Snake is a great one for you and yours!





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