A look back across time

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The printmaker's forum I mostly lurk on recently held it's 50th exchange, which it celebrated by tripling the allowed number of entrants. To compensate, the format was made artist card size, 3.5" x 2.5", which keeps the materials costs down, but that little tiny carving nearly drove me blind.

Anyway, I thought some folks here might find it interesting, since some of you have seen what it's based on, which is not far from the Quail Panel in Grand Gulch. I tacked it onto the very end of my photos from earlier this year.

http://hikearizona.com/photo.php?ZIP=220034

[johnlp]

Nice.

[outdoor_lover]

Wow! That is very small. That's a carving? What kind of medium, it looks like it's on paper? Very nice....

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@johnlp Thanks!
@Outdoor Lover It's a print made from five woodblocks. The attached image here shows a block and the main knife from one-color print, a rabbit I saw at Petroglyph National Monument in NM. You may be able to see the indentations at the bottom that the paper nestles into. For multiple blocks, these are what control the alignment of colors.

[outdoor_lover]

Ok, the original way of making prints. Pretty cool. I'll bet the one you first posted took quite a bit to do. "Miniatures" are always hard and take a lot of patience and persistence. Good for you!

[azbackpackr]

Very nice!

[PLC92084]

Doctor... You continue to amaze!

[PaleoRob]

Wow, that is cool!

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Thanks everyone! I forgot to mention the worst thing about carving it. To be able to print enough by the deadline and keep the paper manageable during printing, each color block actually produces a pane of four images.