What you see here is four impressions from the block in its first state. I plan to study it for another day or two, just to be sure I'm satisfied with things at this stage, and then I'll cut the block some more for a second round of printing. Once I cut into the block again there's no going back!
This Bethlehem print, part of "Love Songs for a Small Planet," is the first in a trio of prints - Bethlehem (birthplace of Jesus), Mecca (birthplace of Mohammed) and Lumbini (birthplace of Buddha). Yesterday I ran across a serendipitous news report about Condoleeza Rice visiting Bethlehem. Here's a screenshot of a portion of the article (the part with pictures, of course). Click image for larger view:
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You've piqued my curiosity yet again, Annie. My sons and I (okay mostly I) enjoyed the CNN special called "God's Warriors." You can still view it in segments on their website, and after a while the message I distilled was confirmation of the destructiveness of these organized religions' absolute dogma.
I love the appearance of the four passes. The color blending/texture is very rich, and in others' prints I've seen this but never knew how it was achieved. Very cool that you're sharing it.
nice looks it now the Betlehem, I just wonder that :"...-I ran across..." -seems like- IRAN :-)) just joke, wish you good improve in carving, am curiousfor next stage woodcuting, thanks,
Pietrocelli
Ok. Here's a dumb question: where are the kento notches on the photo? Do you crop the photo to hide them or am I simply missing something?
Registration is the biggest problem that I have yet to over come regarding woodblock printing. I've had a few suggestions from friends, but I haven't had satisfactory results thus far...
Thanks!
I forgot to say how amazing the dimension is looking. The appearance of that long rectangle alone adds power. Good job.
Hi Beth,
I had wanted to see that show ("God's Warriors") but was in the middle of moving at the time. Thanks for the tip about going to the CNN web site.
Ken, I did indeed crop out the edges of the paper. I can only post an image that's about 380 pixels wide on this blog, so I tend to do tight crops on my photos. I'll leave the edges in the next photo so you can see the notch cuts in the paper.
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