EXCHANGE 43 FINISHED

I've got it done! Can't say I'm really happy with the edition. There are a lot of goobers. I'm just amazed that I don't see them at the time of printing. At least not all of them. I do see and correct a lot of mistakes, but they still get through. It seems you never make the mistakes on the already bad ones, just the so-far-so-good ones. My apologies to the other members of the exchange.

Oh, the joys of printmaking!

I will be putting these into the mail soon.

BARENFORUM EXCHANGE 43

If if wasn't for deadlines would anything ever get done?

I've been thinking about the print I need to make for Barenforum's Exchange 43. The subject is 'Typography'. What the heck is typography?

I love the internet...so, care of www.dictionary.com:

ty⋅pog⋅ra⋅phy

  [tahy-pog-ruh-fee]

–noun

1.	the art or process of printing with type.

2.	the work of setting and arranging types and of printing from them.

3.	the general character or appearance of printed matter.

This still didn't give me any ideas!

So, I employed my husband Darrell's method of creativity - cram your head with ideas, images, thoughts, facts and figures. Then, let them stew in the brain-pan for a while (for me, the longer the better). Then you don't look at images anymore and just start drawing.

Hey! It actually worked this time. Although, once I came up with this idea I did look at the old typewriter we had recently pulled from a dumpster that I have in my studio (it's a future project, itself).

So, now, I'm sharpening my carving tools. And, I won't make the same mistake with the wood that I made on my Christmas card print. I'll be using Jelotung, or cherry, although, I find cherry a little difficult to carve because of it's density. But that is what makes it such a great wood for fine lines. I need to really sharpen my tools and keep them sharp during the process.

Stay tuned! (it's due February 1st)