White line woodcut orchid

 

This woodcut print was a challenge, but I feel it's successful.  The flowers were challenging to paint because the detail is very fine.  I decided to keep with the traditional botanical illustration technique without a background.  This is a large print, about 16 x 18 inches.  This orchid is Phalaenopsis Fuller's Mask, "Smile".

Making Art- White line woodcuts and textiles

 Just coming up for air for a moment to share photos of new work.  I'm splitting my week roughly between printmaking and textiles.  Here's the latest!

 I'm still noodling around with this woodblock.  I like the first version of it, but I'm not sure I'm finished with it yet.  Biggest one I've done so far, 18 x 24 inches.  Took a good long while to finish!

Here are a few textile designs I've been working on:

The Sideways Cardigan is inspired by a knitted design from Vogue magazine years ago.  My version is crocheted.  The buttons are lost wax cast from a specialty button maker in the Garment district in Manhattan.

This cape was made from scraps of wool from another garment I made.  The large leaf buttons are brass and bakelite with a leaf and were my mothers, from the 40's or 50's.

This is a version of my Garden Walk Shawl Design, I made it for my mom for Christmas.  The yarn color is called "Red Hot Mama", it's so much her color!

This is a vest and skirt which produced the scraps for the cape above.  The wool is needle felted, and the trim is something I purchased in Manhattan a long time ago from a favorite trim shop.