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Poetry Illustrated by Relief Prints

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Swap Coordinator:CraftyKat (contact)
Swap categories: Art  Letters & Writing  Paper Crafts 
Number of people in swap:5
Location:International
Type:None
Last day to signup/drop:May 8, 2009
Date items must be sent by:June 5, 2009
Number of swap partners:4
Description:

Here is a swap for a piece of poetry illustrated by at least 3 relief prints. This swap is inspired by another swapper, bonjourmiette, who sent me linocut supplies and some amazing prints that she had done for a previous swap (nerd swap)!! I listed this as 4 partners because there is very little additional work to make each print after you make the first. The work is just in creating the blocks and wouldn't it be great to get 4 different interpretations from different people?

The requirements are you somehow print a poem and at least 3 relief images that are at least 4 square inches in size and present them in whatever way you would like. Some ideas are to somehow arrange them on one piece of cardstock or other medium, or you could print them on separate pieces and bind them, or make them into a card. You do not have to print the text of the poetry using the relief method, you can print that with a printer or by any other means that you wish (typewriter???).

Also, this relief can be using any medium you would like, wood block, linoleum, stamping rubber (but remember this must be hand carved) or anything else that you think would work. You are also free to alter this art in any other way that you would like as long as it has some form of poetry and 3 relief images of the required size. Here is a link to a great tutorial I found online on relief printing!

http://lizzyhouse.typepad.com/freeabee/files/blockprint_tutorial.pdf

Also, I'd like to limit this to swappers that have a 5.0 rating or slightly below with a very good explanation and a very good recent history (at my discretion). I will angel if I have to. Newbies please PM me and I will consider allowing you if I feel that you can prove to me that you won't be a risk.

Discussion

dangerine 04/22/2009 #

awesome tutorial! thanks for sharing. always love learning new techniques!

carol 05/ 6/2009 #

Great idea, but I'm just too busy right now. Let me know if you run it again!

trollop 05/ 9/2009 #

Hi, since there is only five of us I'd be happy to do one more print.

CraftyKat 05/11/2009 #

Hello all! Since there are 5 of us, we each send our poetry/print to everyone else in the swap! That's kind of cool how that worked out. I think I'm going to send out two different ones anyway, because I have 2 ideas I can't decide between. :-) I can't wait to see all of your creativity!

trollop 05/12/2009 #

I went to the Bay Area Printers Fair this weekend. And there was a guy, Cory Ocon, there with the most incredible linocut prints. He's from Aardvark Letterpress http://aardvarkletterpressfinearteditions.com/ They have some pictures up on their blog but I don't see any of his lino block work. It was incredible, I though it was done with wood engraving.

I had felt like I was getting pretty good until saw his stuff. He recommended not to heat your lino block so that it's hard, and to use very sharp tools, and sharpen them yourself. Previously I had been warming my blocks a little on cold days, and it does make them much easier to cut. I think the tools I have aren't very good or sharp. And if they aren't sharp and the block is cold, the tool tends to skid across the surface and gouge either your finger or the block.

Just thought I would pass that on.

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