crowned cranes, senegal – woodcut prints hanging to dry
I’m teaching myself how to edition what previously seemed quite complicated prints to repeat. I’ve tended to get to the point where I’ve taken an idea to a place that satisfied me..getting the feel I was after, but then not following through on the editioning. With a rise in understanding of what my brother has called ‘making the unmeasurable measurable’… using some of that to push my printmaking language. Separating out the technical from the creative to some degree and finding it really enjoyable…
In dark, wet December UK revisiting these crowned cranes on the Djoudj marshes in Senegal. I’m trying to better juggle some of the elements that I’ve found interesting in woodcut printing… using floating elements and masks. Really this now a pretext to resume blogging…