the first of many...

i've been carving and printing all day! :)

for the passed several months, i've been thinking more and more about art and access... how to make collecting art more affordable and inclusive. i've been thinking about girls (and boys) like me who love art more than anything and seek opportunities to support artists however we can, but simply don't have a ton of money to do so. and i've been thinking about how often i wish i could purchase something from an artist i love but can't because i definitely cannot afford to buy a massive oil painting right now. and so i've been trying to come up with ways to make the acquisition of art a greater possibility for a greater number of people, because i know i am not in the minority when it comes to not having a lot of extra money every month. but i still want to collect art and i still want to show my support for artists and writers i admire, and i don't think i'm in the minority when it comes to that desire either. and also because i grew up pretty poor i feel compelled to at least try to make art more accessible for everyone. printmaking is the best form for getting art out in to the world and in to the hands of people who need it and keeping the cost down.

and so i started small... 11" x 7 1/2" small, to be exact. :)

this little doll is a hand-carved woodcut print, pulled by hand, printed in black water-soluble woodblock ink on Rives BFK. she is based on my favorite doll in my collection (yep, i collect creepy old dolls. ha!). the blush in her cheeks and her eye lashes are added by hand after the ink is dry. this is an untitled open edition (which keeps the cost way down) and each print is signed and dated on the front. and because they are all printed by hand, each doll comes out a little bit differently. :) beautiful.


$20 for the print and $5 to ship.