Close Work revisited

 This last couple of weekends I worked on some woodblocks to add colour to the black-and-white version of Close Work, I used some plywood from an old wardrobe that had a rough and open grain to it. To give a nice textured effect. I'm happier with it now,

Elephant and Cemex

 

Another elephant made for the Library's Fun Palace thing

Coming Soon! Anna Bloom in book form

 I decided to get this printed in advance of the Rugby Book Festival comng up on October 19th. I've put Anna Bloom together with Trigger Warning: Dance of Death and The Hand book into a slim volume that I will attempt to sell at the Alex. The box containing the first 25 should be here on the 16th. In the meantime here's the flipbook version.

Elephant and (inset landmark here)

 There's an upcoming event this weekend organised by the library. It's got a Diwali theme to it. This is a part of the Alex's contribution. Cards that kids (of all ages) could colour and decorate. I did five blocks (3 landmarks and 2 elephants) that could be mixed and matched to make six 2-block prints. Like this. 

It's that woman again

 In a bid to rediscover my mojo after a summer of physical labour on the Alex, I took a couple of blocks from an earlier piece (see here and here) and tweaked them and combined them with printing from some old texture wallpaper I'd removed from a wall. Like the previous one, it's not brilliant, but it allowed me to proceed with the sense of experimentation with pretty low stakes. The wallpaper came out a lot better than I expected.

Close work

 I've done a couple of things this month that I've not felt good about. But not so bad that I consigned them instantly to the bin. This is the first. It's based on a drawing I did earlier in the year. I think it needs something, not sure what. I'm thinking about adding colour, but in the meantime, it just sits there looking at me until I decide.

Steve's Solo Show 26th-28th July

 This has been a very interesting show to put together,, I have filled the Alex with around 100 individual pieces (from postcard soze up) dating from the Toiti von Tranz picture I did back in July 2019. Because some of the older works have been in storage, it has been fun to dig them out and find that they are indeed okay. Nothing to be ashamed of.

It has been good to dispay the two series of "illustrattions" - Anna Bloom and Dance of Death - all together with the words. I definitely thing it'd be worthwhile putting them in book form if I can ge it done cheaply enough.