'Pray For Me'

That's the title of my woodcut, and yes I did manage to get it finished, and even managed to cut a second colour! Very pleased with how it turned out, the only thing not right with it is the second colour isn't registered quite right because I forgot to leave a border around the edge to line it up. But hey I'll remember that the next time. And there will be a next time! Fiona Quill asked me and Kate the other day which type of print we had enjoyed the most so far or felt an affinity for, for me I think woodcut might be my 'thing'. Maybe it's too early to be saying that but I really enjoyed it and once I had borrowed the right tools (thanks Osh!) then it all seemed to just feel right or something. Maybe thats just my hangover talking. Anyway heres a picture of three different ways I printed the hands, black and gold, teal, red and peach and teal, gold and black. The red peach and teal are the colours from the dream that I had that inspired this woodcut but I think my favourite of the three is the black and gold.

Assessments are on Monday, so I'll be spending the weekend making sure I have all my sketchbooks in order and I might even go in to college tomorrow to hang my work! If I can find the bluetack that is.

Second woodcut

With only two days to go before our work has to be hung ready for assessment next week, I decided to do a second wood cut! It is 'slightly' larger than the last one, and I think it will only be printed in black as its not likely that I'll have the time to get the second side of the block cut, unfortunatly.
Here is how it looked last night at about 10pm.

It got another two hours work after that and I reckon it needs maybe another 3-5 hours.

Ok so I just have one quick pic of my woodcut for you today. I was printing the colours yesterday and geting increasingly frustrated with how it was looking, so much so that I asked for new blocks to recut the whole thing, but was encouragd to just keeping going with it by our tutor/all-knowing-printgod/Des MacMahon ( http://www.desmacmahon.ie/ )
And what do you know? It actually looks amazing, if I do say so myself!

So when its finished it will all be on register, the lips will be more red, teeth less yellow, skin less .... bandage hued, the square will be white with a blue airplane, and it will all be fabulous!

Now off to the Milk Market for lunch.

Woodcut

New brief today! Woodcut!
Ok we've been given two pieces of mdf 6inX6in, we have to do four colours(including black) and it has to be based on a personal story.
 Got my key plate/block drawn out, pretty happy with it, the rest however - not so easy!!!
Gotta get it figured out tonight and get it cut to start printing tomorrow.
If I get anything done tomorrow I'll post pics but until then I'm keeping it to myself!