my plan for this Friday night is to party hard with this woodcut!

I've been carving it for the last 3 days and now it's time to ink it up and make the first test proof!

Hope your start of the weekend is as fun (and creative) as mine!!

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Happy #caturday to all those who celebrate!

I just finished printing this woodcut--appropriate for today.

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The movement of the rooks and of their progression, from 'Caxton's Game and playe of the chesse, 1474'.

In early European chess depictions, the rook, originally a chariot or tower, was sometimes shown as a mounted warrior.

https://universalcompendium.com/gen_images/ucg/1toys/chess-caxtons-rook-knight-play-game-book-checkmate-strategy.htm

#chess #art #woodcut #illustration

I struggle to carve the details of letters in wood, so that's what i did for the first print in an upcoming series of prints. I'm about to do the first test proof right now---stay tuned!

#printmaking #art #handmade #woodcut #craft #squirrel #workInProgress #mastoArt #ink

Do you all remember a woodcut I was working on a few weeks ago? I finally printed it--and it's dry and ready to ship!

Flying pigs are a recurring theme in my work, because they represent seemingly impossible things being possible---a metaphor for my artist life, i suppose.

A big thank you to all the people who have believed in me and made it possible for me to live my dream.

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