Endless Project, II

I'm beginning to wonder why I ever signed on for this project. Regardless, I'm slowly coming up with my idea. Only now it's morphed again, I'm trying to use linoleum rather than the Boxcar plate. I'm still not totally happy with it. Eventually, I'll come up with the right idea?

Maps

For the wedding invitations that I'm doing, I'm using a map for the outer envelope. So I've been spending a lot of time figuring out how big the maps need to be cut, and figuring out a way to flatten them so the creases will be new. I was thinking of dampening them and then letting the papers dry with blotter paper, but it's so humid here that I'm afraid they would take too long to dry, or get moldy, or some unfortunate thing like that.

The flowers are just pretty.

Food for Thought

I haven't done anything printerly recently, but these photos are too wonderful not to share.

Mt. Rainier, July 2010

The Never Ending Project

So early this year, I decided to join in on a postcard swap. The basic idea is that you do a "Hello From..." and then print something that is related to the location you live or work at. The image above is a part of the idea that I've come up with. But I didn't realize how long it would take me to craft this postcard. I have the paper for it, that was exciting. And now the stuff to send to Boxcar to have it made into a plate is almost (but not quite) ready. I think it will be ready sometime in the next week. I've been working on it since April. Like I said, the never ending project. But I'm really really excited to see how it will all turn out.

Hummingbird Proof

Hummingbird proof! I actually was pretty lazy and just inked it up like a stamp and then printed it that way, but it is a proof. I can see the spots I'll need to work on a little more. Overall though, I'm quite pleased with the way it turned out.