Saturday’s creation …
I struggled this week to be creative in more ways than one. Clearly time is always an issue but when I found the time. Then I found difficulty with subject matter, the effect I wanted and the result;
I have a magnificent Ginkgo Biloba tree in my garden. I say magnificent, it is in a large pot and only stands 3 metres tall; relatively speaking it is a beauty!
While I cannot attempt to transpose a tree on to my my print material; a leaf would be just right!
I wanted to ‘grab’ an image much like I do with my camera these days. So I made some sketches and traced them onto my pencil erasers (6cm x 4cm)
I carefully engraved the image; this way and that and proceeded to print.
I was disappointed with the result; it was pretty but didn’t say what i had wanted it to say and it was too messy … even a cluster of Ginkgo Biloba leaves are too much to take in
So I tried with the shape of the leaf …
This is a work in progress and there are more issues that came out of this week’s exercise that I am going to work on .
I will value comments!
Coat Hanger Doll's House 
whats the ink?
It just ink pads from Hobby Cratt; very cheap and poor quality. my first lesson must use better ink! Thanks for asking _/\_ xx
What do you recommend?
I do letterpress with oil based ink and it’s horrible stuff, if I was going to go down the print making route then I would go here http://www.imcclains.com/ and I would learn to do Japanese wood block techniques, mainly for the beautiful colours of the inks which is starch and pigments.
Have you thought about using a single leaf? A single ginkgo leaf is the symbol of Tokyo City, which also resembles the letter “T”; two rather large ginkgo trees are right outside my front door.
WOW!! Thank you … _/\_ what a good idea xx
The singly simplified green one with the blue background stands out the most. It’s lovely.
Thank You _/\_ xx
That single leaf is beautiful in its simplicity.
Thank You _/\_ xx