Centering the Tangent: photos
Here are some photos from a linocut printing workshop at the Centering the Tangent conference. There were about 20 participants. We started off with a practice exercise that makes a deliberately imperfect result, to help put aside the hangups we often carry with us about making “good” art or making something perfect the first time. ...
Centering the Tangent Conference and free handout
April 9th 2011 is the Centering the Tangent Conference: “A day-long all ages gathering and celebration to explore the critical role of arts, culture, and creativity in community empowerment and movement building,” …and I’m facilitating a free linocut workshop. Art and social change go together: we need to make our own images to reflect our ...
HOPE prints on dictionary pages
I’ve been making “HOPE” prints on unique dictionary pages since I rescued a huge book from a yard sale. There are some magical word combinations on the top of the page, and also in the text of the dictionary. HOPE comes between open and opening, for example. Between incline and incoherent; terra firma and terraneous. ...
Behind the scenes of making Grow Food Everywhere
After a few days of carving, reworking, and asking a lot of opinions from others, my new poster “grow food everywhere” poster is done. It’s meant to support gardens in the city- by everyone- and to encourage that gardens include staples like wheat. Here’s how I made it.
Linocut of bird releasing into flight
This image is of someone releasing a bird into flight. It’s made with a linocut. A linocut is a printmaking method that carves out the image in reverse, and then it is printed by hand. It’s from 2005, so it’s not my usual style – but if you’re getting started with linocut printing you can see ...
Garlic linocut print
This is a small print celebrating delicious, red garlic. I love garlic in everything from salad dressings, rubbed on toasted bread, or even in tea when I’m sick. It’s a linocut print, which means that the image was carved in reverse, by hand, and then printed one at a time. The spot colours are watercolour ...
