I am posting details of my journey around England out of calendar order. I had the good fortune of spending a few days with Chris Daunt, who I met years ago at a Wood Engravers’ Network (WEN) workshop I helped organize. Chris was our guest wood engraver. We have become good friends since then. Here, a few photos, the captions further sharing details . . .
Dürer in Bath
When in Bath, I viewed a wonderful Dürer exhibit at the Holburne Museum. Here are a few (of many) photos I took.
Pine Needle-ing
I am back to engraving, not being satisfied with sections of my current wood engraving. I am working through what paper to print my edition on (making multiple paper orders) and figuring out how to print with makeready on my No. 1 Vandercook Proof press (the block is too big to use the Albion press). The engraving needs more work, as I found many sections “blah”, mostly areas of the pine needles.
Making Marble Drying Racks
I viewed a few marble drying racks during my recent travels in England, and decided to finally make some for my ArtStart studio.