woodblock printing update

I've been cutting the last major block for the "Strong, Brave, & Handsome" set...

and printing 6-7 prints from each of the blocks,

I'm readying for a solo show in Shorewood, Wisconsin.

I used to hate printing,

never able to get all that I believed I had cut into a block,

and eventually wrote myself off as just a crappy printer.

Barbara Mason, a solarplate wizard I met at a Japanese printing bootcamp some years back,

and a couple others on the Baren Forum,

suggested I try the Japanese Kitakata.

Alex Prentis, of iMcClains Printmaking Supplies, supported the Kitakata choice,

and suggested I try the Gamblin Relief ink.

The combination of the two for my blocks changed everything.

I'm seeing a delicacy showing up that I knew was there, but couldn't get.

These now are unmistakeably WOOD prints....and they are wonderful.