tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post7046885545034963084..comments2024-03-24T15:26:36.890+10:00Comments on Paper Ponderings: Printing, printing, printingFiona Dempsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-44930208644044349992013-10-17T21:13:06.402+10:002013-10-17T21:13:06.402+10:00Thanks Gina, I think I'll have a few red ones ...Thanks Gina, I think I'll have a few red ones and a few plain - clearly unable to decide! And s rubbings are fabulous aren't they - a whole new world has emerged for me there...Go well.Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-1012872760647358902013-10-17T21:12:06.793+10:002013-10-17T21:12:06.793+10:00I think you've nailed it Lesley! I am current...I think you've nailed it Lesley! I am currently doing them all and then more! Laugh. It is intriguing, exhilarating and exasperating in equal parts I find...maybe more practice is needed.Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-3585267523251661352013-10-17T21:10:46.859+10:002013-10-17T21:10:46.859+10:00Thanks Donna I am truly enamoured with those rubbi...Thanks Donna I am truly enamoured with those rubbings, fragile yet complex as you say. I think I could spend a whole lot more time just making rubbings not prints...Glad you like the red! Go well.Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-21181380843912896382013-10-17T21:09:38.989+10:002013-10-17T21:09:38.989+10:00Hi Charlton - we are all still learning all the ti...Hi Charlton - we are all still learning all the time I figure...and yes I loved that tip too; so obvious when I think about it, but so startling to discover!Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-16517879418173782702013-10-17T21:08:43.785+10:002013-10-17T21:08:43.785+10:00Me too Valerianna - even tho I love the red as wel...Me too Valerianna - even tho I love the red as well. I am torn! I am exactly the same with calligraphy as you are with painting - it needs to be a pretty solitary undertaking. This printmaking tho seems much more sociable!Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-86873244289727588852013-10-17T21:07:16.513+10:002013-10-17T21:07:16.513+10:00Thanks Roberta - I was hoping that approach might ...Thanks Roberta - I was hoping that approach might work.Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-24400753990081771502013-10-16T20:08:47.681+10:002013-10-16T20:08:47.681+10:00Love it on the red. I would never have thought to ...Love it on the red. I would never have thought to take a rubbing of the lino cut - what fabulous results in their own right.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05689402000429710324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-6533761264123301732013-10-16T18:14:02.514+10:002013-10-16T18:14:02.514+10:00Oh do them all Fiona! You've unleashed the pri...Oh do them all Fiona! You've unleashed the printmaking gene - the one that says 'go on, try this or try that' - so go with it and enjoy the ride.LAC EMP 2020https://www.blogger.com/profile/01999825212820503519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-50323841248261228862013-10-16T07:05:53.215+10:002013-10-16T07:05:53.215+10:00I also love your etching rubbings--- fragile yet c...I also love your etching rubbings--- fragile yet complex... and I love your poppies on red too.layershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10991288165260934778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-55913403669044991482013-10-16T05:41:12.883+10:002013-10-16T05:41:12.883+10:00If I may, I would say, poppies on white, they look...If I may, I would say, poppies on white, they look great!<br />From Elaine Bond (Périgord,France) A new follower and admirer of your work....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-17410946670054054892013-10-16T02:48:54.971+10:002013-10-16T02:48:54.971+10:00I'm pretty much a novice at lino printing too ...I'm pretty much a novice at lino printing too - just a few goes about 50 years ago (now there's an admission). That tip about rubbing the lino cut with a graphite pencil is so obvious when you know - but I didn't ... so many thanks!Charlton Stitcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052815242463837033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-50358316085162440812013-10-15T23:44:20.964+10:002013-10-15T23:44:20.964+10:00Love the simplicity of the white with black poppie...Love the simplicity of the white with black poppies. It is great to find a way to be social when making art... doesn't work for me while painting, I'm so focussed that even someone sitting quietly in the studio throws me off a bit. Valeriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-33289561450307727032013-10-15T21:51:47.845+10:002013-10-15T21:51:47.845+10:00I do like it on the red. Gives it some depth.I do like it on the red. Gives it some depth.Roberta Warshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869094383053871169noreply@blogger.com