get out the scissors

Card orders will be shipped out Monday!
The latest woodcuts have been in this silhouette style, just one color. I was looking at a bunch of Hans Christian Andersen cut-outs that went with his famous fairy tales. For example,


(thanks to Airform Archives blog)
Clearly, my woodcuts look terrible and childish in relation to the intricate patterns of Andersen's. (I am aiming for a more simplified translation of the paper-cut-out process to wood-carving, but still trying to retain a bit of the whimsical nature of the narrative imagery.)

Oh, and then I came across an exhibition that took place last spring in Dublin at the Museum of Contemporary Art Museum. It is a comparison of the cut-ups and cut-outs of Hans Christian Andersen and William S. Burroughs. Read more about it here: exhibit!

gray days

It won't stop raining here...which equals far too much time spent staring out the window at the last few leaves left on the trees and various bird activities.
Here is the resulting woodcut print and some other related snapshots. (it will be available in the online shop soon.)