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flusteredturtle

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🌻Quilting, Printmaking, and Crochet

#monoprinting #gelliplateprinting #soserious #monoprinting #gelliplateprinting #soserious
Thank you to everyone who showed up for me, I love Thank you to everyone who showed up for me, I love you guys! What an extraordinary experience. To see my own work hanging in a room full of exciting and exceptional pieces was just so cool. Congratulations to all the artists, and thank you so much to the hosts and sponsors! @knkcontemporary @sanfranciscogallery @themidwaygallery @the_crucible @orioncustomframing
Ok, I can’t wait anymore. This piece, Filling Time Ok, I can’t wait anymore. This piece, Filling Time and Space, is going to be hanging in the @sanfranciscogallery in Show Stoppers starting on Friday! This is my nautilus and quilt feather block printed in white oil-based printing ink over a watercolor and gouache painting. I am so excited to show my work alongside so many brilliant artists. Thank you to the show planners and sponsors, I can’t wait for Friday night. Anyone in San Francisco, you are welcome to come to the opening on Friday at the gallery from 6-9 pm!

@knkcontemporary 
@sanfranciscogallery 
@midwaygallery 
@the_crucible 
@orioncustomframing

#artgalleryshow #printmaking #watercolor #showstoppers #linocut
Oh boy folks, Odd Bunny is back for new adventures Oh boy folks, Odd Bunny is back for new adventures. I carved her years ago the first time I participated in #carvedecember lead by Julie of @balzerdesigns every winter, at the very beginning of my #stampcarving journey. She is still one of my very favorite creations.

As before, Odd Bunny thinks we are the odd ones, and thanks you to stop looking at her carrot. It’s HER carrot. Original Odd Bunny post 2021.
A beautiful night to celebrate what we love about A beautiful night to celebrate what we love about where we are. This house was built 2 years ago and we’ve lived here that long, and I am so in love with our neighborhood and our neighbors on our block. We pooled our fireworks this year for the 4th, and my nieces joined us as well. Love love love our community. We celebrate what we love, and work for a better tomorrow. #elkgroveca
Thank you very much to my wonderful husband and be Thank you very much to my wonderful husband and best friend @kpinkles for helping out at my first vendor event! I had a table at @firstfridayatwal last night, and it was a total blast! Such a cool vibe, wonderful artists, and awesome conversations. I’ll definitely be back there in the future!
#printmaking #cichlid #colortest #woodblockprintin #printmaking #cichlid #colortest #woodblockprinting #eyeball
This is a make from a while back, for a truly fant This is a make from a while back, for a truly fantastic person, during a period where I wasn’t posting here. I know it’s the last day of June, but Pride never really ends 💕🏳️‍⚧️💕 🏳️‍🌈 #solidarity

#pride #transrightsarehumanrights #love #amigurumi
Guys guys guys. I’m going to be in this show! I st Guys guys guys. I’m going to be in this show! I still can’t really believe it. I submitted a piece to an open call some weeks ago, and it was accepted! I have been looking up the work of others in this show, and let me tell you I am incredibly humbled and grateful to be featured along with these brilliant artists. If you’re in San Francisco, perhaps you could experience it all in person! I absolutely cannot wait. I haven’t shared the piece here yet, I think I’ll wait until the opening!

@knkcontemporary 
@sanfranciscogallery 
@themidwaygallery 
@the_crucible 
@orioncustomframing
GHOST FISH FOREVER! Behold the penultimate layer. GHOST FISH FOREVER! Behold the penultimate layer.

#printmaking #cichlid #colortest #woodblockprinting #multiblockprint
Took some trial and error to get an opacity that I Took some trial and error to get an opacity that I was pleased with, but I suppose you know it when you see it ❤️

#printmaking #woodblockprint #cichlid #colortest #multiblockprint
Instagram post 18126532075723612 Instagram post 18126532075723612
Progress on my cichlid! The fish itself will be 4 Progress on my cichlid! The fish itself will be 4 layers of color. I’ve done reduction before, but this is my first multi-block print and it’s so fun. Still loving the heck out of these registration pins 😊

#woodblockprinting #colortest #printmaking #cichlid #processvideo
What should you do with an empty milk carton? How What should you do with an empty milk carton? How about some printmaking ❤️ Printed this plate all morning, more on the work itself another time. Finding out that you can drypoint etch into this Tetra Pak coated paper carton stuff and actually print it is amazing! I have a never ending supply of these chocolate milk cartons at home, and you can be sure I’m now going to find out what else I buy that comes in this!

#printmaking #etching #drypoint #tetrapak #tetrapakprint
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there, espe Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there, especially this one ❤️

#happyfathersday
I’d say I’m having a whale of a time, but it’s a c I’d say I’m having a whale of a time, but it’s a cichlid ❤️

#newproject #woodcut #printmaking #woodblockprinting #FISH
Had a wonderful time learning intaglio printmaking Had a wonderful time learning intaglio printmaking today with @chanelmaceart and @howard_s_levine at @myrtlepress625 located inside @vergeart in Sacramento! The teachers are fantastic, and under their tutelage I etched my first copper plate, and it was so much fun ❤️ The results are so different from what I’ve done before, I can’t wait to do more!

#printmaking #etching #intaglio #swingset #alwayslearning
I love seeing things in use! A friend commissioned I love seeing things in use! A friend commissioned a custom stamp for his wife’s new baking hobby/business and she’s using it like crazy and I am so pleased. I tried a few different designs and this one worked the best; since it’s a fairly small stamp (under 2”), I wanted clear lettering but I didn’t want to sacrifice the wheat, I like that wheat and it was fun to carve. Swipe for the final stamp (plus bonus another friend made buttons out of it!)

#stampcarving #printmaking #commissionart #smallbusiness #customstamp
Printed my nautilus project for the first time tod Printed my nautilus project for the first time today! The block is 11.5” in diameter, inspired by nautilus fossil cross-sections I saw at the Shanghai Natural History Museum when we visited in January. I carved it in @essdee_uk softcut lino, which I enjoyed working with for the first time, and hand printed it in @cranfieldcolours Caligo Safe Wash relief inks in black on a beautiful sheet of okawara paper from @blickartmaterials in Sacramento. 

The amount of time that has passed since the life of this creature was staggering to me. I wanted to represent the time and space had been between then and now, and my very favorite way to fill space on a quilt is with feathering. Once a quilter, always a quilter. I am experimenting with watercoloring background papers first, and printing over them when they’re dry, and that’s where this one is headed I think.

Gosh it feels good to back at it. 

Filling Time and Space

#linocut #printmaking #handprinted #quiltingfeathers #naturalhistoryart
Playing today, getting to know my inks again ❤️ #p Playing today, getting to know my inks again ❤️ #printmaking #cranfield #kodama #princessmononoke #printday
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flusteredturtle

🏳️‍🌈💖💜💙
🌻Quilting, Printmaking, and Crochet

#monoprinting #gelliplateprinting #soserious #monoprinting #gelliplateprinting #soserious
Thank you to everyone who showed up for me, I love Thank you to everyone who showed up for me, I love you guys! What an extraordinary experience. To see my own work hanging in a room full of exciting and exceptional pieces was just so cool. Congratulations to all the artists, and thank you so much to the hosts and sponsors! @knkcontemporary @sanfranciscogallery @themidwaygallery @the_crucible @orioncustomframing
Ok, I can’t wait anymore. This piece, Filling Time Ok, I can’t wait anymore. This piece, Filling Time and Space, is going to be hanging in the @sanfranciscogallery in Show Stoppers starting on Friday! This is my nautilus and quilt feather block printed in white oil-based printing ink over a watercolor and gouache painting. I am so excited to show my work alongside so many brilliant artists. Thank you to the show planners and sponsors, I can’t wait for Friday night. Anyone in San Francisco, you are welcome to come to the opening on Friday at the gallery from 6-9 pm!

@knkcontemporary 
@sanfranciscogallery 
@midwaygallery 
@the_crucible 
@orioncustomframing

#artgalleryshow #printmaking #watercolor #showstoppers #linocut
Oh boy folks, Odd Bunny is back for new adventures Oh boy folks, Odd Bunny is back for new adventures. I carved her years ago the first time I participated in #carvedecember lead by Julie of @balzerdesigns every winter, at the very beginning of my #stampcarving journey. She is still one of my very favorite creations.

As before, Odd Bunny thinks we are the odd ones, and thanks you to stop looking at her carrot. It’s HER carrot. Original Odd Bunny post 2021.
A beautiful night to celebrate what we love about A beautiful night to celebrate what we love about where we are. This house was built 2 years ago and we’ve lived here that long, and I am so in love with our neighborhood and our neighbors on our block. We pooled our fireworks this year for the 4th, and my nieces joined us as well. Love love love our community. We celebrate what we love, and work for a better tomorrow. #elkgroveca
Thank you very much to my wonderful husband and be Thank you very much to my wonderful husband and best friend @kpinkles for helping out at my first vendor event! I had a table at @firstfridayatwal last night, and it was a total blast! Such a cool vibe, wonderful artists, and awesome conversations. I’ll definitely be back there in the future!
#printmaking #cichlid #colortest #woodblockprintin #printmaking #cichlid #colortest #woodblockprinting #eyeball
This is a make from a while back, for a truly fant This is a make from a while back, for a truly fantastic person, during a period where I wasn’t posting here. I know it’s the last day of June, but Pride never really ends 💕🏳️‍⚧️💕 🏳️‍🌈 #solidarity

#pride #transrightsarehumanrights #love #amigurumi
Guys guys guys. I’m going to be in this show! I st Guys guys guys. I’m going to be in this show! I still can’t really believe it. I submitted a piece to an open call some weeks ago, and it was accepted! I have been looking up the work of others in this show, and let me tell you I am incredibly humbled and grateful to be featured along with these brilliant artists. If you’re in San Francisco, perhaps you could experience it all in person! I absolutely cannot wait. I haven’t shared the piece here yet, I think I’ll wait until the opening!

@knkcontemporary 
@sanfranciscogallery 
@themidwaygallery 
@the_crucible 
@orioncustomframing
GHOST FISH FOREVER! Behold the penultimate layer. GHOST FISH FOREVER! Behold the penultimate layer.

#printmaking #cichlid #colortest #woodblockprinting #multiblockprint
Took some trial and error to get an opacity that I Took some trial and error to get an opacity that I was pleased with, but I suppose you know it when you see it ❤️

#printmaking #woodblockprint #cichlid #colortest #multiblockprint
Instagram post 18126532075723612 Instagram post 18126532075723612
Progress on my cichlid! The fish itself will be 4 Progress on my cichlid! The fish itself will be 4 layers of color. I’ve done reduction before, but this is my first multi-block print and it’s so fun. Still loving the heck out of these registration pins 😊

#woodblockprinting #colortest #printmaking #cichlid #processvideo
What should you do with an empty milk carton? How What should you do with an empty milk carton? How about some printmaking ❤️ Printed this plate all morning, more on the work itself another time. Finding out that you can drypoint etch into this Tetra Pak coated paper carton stuff and actually print it is amazing! I have a never ending supply of these chocolate milk cartons at home, and you can be sure I’m now going to find out what else I buy that comes in this!

#printmaking #etching #drypoint #tetrapak #tetrapakprint
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there, espe Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there, especially this one ❤️

#happyfathersday
I’d say I’m having a whale of a time, but it’s a c I’d say I’m having a whale of a time, but it’s a cichlid ❤️

#newproject #woodcut #printmaking #woodblockprinting #FISH
Had a wonderful time learning intaglio printmaking Had a wonderful time learning intaglio printmaking today with @chanelmaceart and @howard_s_levine at @myrtlepress625 located inside @vergeart in Sacramento! The teachers are fantastic, and under their tutelage I etched my first copper plate, and it was so much fun ❤️ The results are so different from what I’ve done before, I can’t wait to do more!

#printmaking #etching #intaglio #swingset #alwayslearning
I love seeing things in use! A friend commissioned I love seeing things in use! A friend commissioned a custom stamp for his wife’s new baking hobby/business and she’s using it like crazy and I am so pleased. I tried a few different designs and this one worked the best; since it’s a fairly small stamp (under 2”), I wanted clear lettering but I didn’t want to sacrifice the wheat, I like that wheat and it was fun to carve. Swipe for the final stamp (plus bonus another friend made buttons out of it!)

#stampcarving #printmaking #commissionart #smallbusiness #customstamp
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