Category Archives: Chitchat

Yet more experiments with cardboard and dry-point

I made some more experiments with scratching into cardboard and inking that up. Above you see a print from a scratching in thin white covered cardstock, according to wikipedia is is probably called white lined chipboard, but I am not … Continue reading

Posted in Chitchat | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

More Dry-Point Printing

During the last week I printed some more from dry-point plates. It is curious how I at first I thought this technique just wasn’t for me, and I’d rather stick to lino cutting, and now I really like it, and … Continue reading

Posted in Chitchat | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Du bist min, ich bin din

Ich habe schon lange darauf gewartet, endlich die Bilder von dieser Auftragsarbeit vorzeigen zu können. Das Buch (und die Box) habe ich schon im Februar als Hochzeitsgeschenk fertig gestellt. Gestern wurde es nun überreicht, und da kann ich endlich auch … Continue reading

Posted in Chitchat | Tagged , , , | 5 Comments

Another day with Studio Bliss

I really ought to sit down and do some serious works, but I am so in love with my studio at the moment, and feeling so productive. Should I really stop and get to work? I don’t know. In any … Continue reading

Posted in Chitchat | 2 Comments

The story of 40 misprints

Manchmal entwickeln sich ja aus guten Ideen, und jeweils für den Moment nachvollziehbaren Entscheidungen Dinge, die im nachhinein betrachtet, ziemliche Schnapsideen sind. So denn auch mit dieser total verpfuschten Druckserie… Sometimes you have a good idea, and while you are … Continue reading

Posted in Chitchat | Tagged , , , , | 5 Comments

Printing Day

Today is a national holiday in Germany, and hubby and I belong to the small group of people who not only work today, but fight over who is allowed working time. Turned out we shared the day, and I spent … Continue reading

Posted in Chitchat | 2 Comments

Literature List for April

Sorry, this month’s list goes without long comments. – Too many other things going on, to much other stuff to write about and spend time on writing… Biblio Tech. Reverse Engineering Historical and Modern Binding Structures with a focus on … Continue reading

Posted in Chitchat | Tagged | Comments Off

Nochmal Flaschenpost Nachrichten

Sorry for not having delivered the printing blog post some of you might still be waiting for. I do still plan to deliver it. This past week my mind just has been buzzing with bottles and messages therein. Today I … Continue reading

Posted in Chitchat | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

Message in a Bottle – Flaschenpost

I mentioned already on Sunday a message in a bottle. Today the project is finally born, so to say. The bottles you see above are the first eight I created, and I intent to do a bunch more. (I have … Continue reading

Posted in Chitchat | 10 Comments

Finally some studio time again

After a long time I finally spend another day in the studio. Naturally I spent a lot of time figuring out what are the loose ends that I want to pick up next. A lot of projects are left half … Continue reading

Posted in Chitchat | Tagged , , | 2 Comments