With several cards in mind, I dedicated the last two evenings to print. In an attempt to make more matted prints, I found 2 quotes that tickle my fancy. I hope others like "It's never to late to have a Happy childhood" ~ Berke Breathed and "Earth Laughs Flowers" by Ralph Waldo Everson. I dig them and I guess that's all that matters, but I do hope they sell.
Probably my favorite thing about printing is the happy accidents. I wasn't really sure how the prints were going to work out or even what colors I was going to use. I was thinking blue and pink for the Flower quote. When I had the rust color on the press, I decided to add a bit of mustard yellow to the ink plate and see what happened. I love this rusty orange result. If it hadn't been so late in the evening, I would have printed more rusty orange flowers for other cards. At some point I had to stop. I'm glad I used so many different colors of paper though. I was planning on printing just on the ivory, but grabbed a stack of colored 5x7 sheets. I didn't end up getting a very good print of the text on the watercolor ivory paper and I love the purple and light yellow pieces. Fun stuff. Can't wait to see how they come together.
I also used Savoy paper for cards for the first time. I was trying to get away from scoring and folding the cards on my own, but the quality is so nice and worth the extra work.
3 colors and lots of new cards and prints.
I made a trip to AI Friedman for mattes. Framed printed quotes coming soon!
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