I was working away on the next block for my picture book dummy when my husband came it to say hi. We were talking as he looked from my tracing paper drawing to the carving. That's when I realized OOPPS! I had carved away the area in the sky where the text was supposed to go! I meant to take my time and make sure the text was placed in exactly the right spot. But I forgot and since no pencil lines were in that corner, I just carved all the linoleum away. So I had to patch in a new piece. Here's what it looked like-
I carved away the linoleum in a rectangle all the way down to the masonite backing. Then I glued in a new piece and left it under a weight for several hours.
Then I measured carefully like I meant to originally and got the text in the right place.
I think it turned out just fine! I feel like a bit of a dork, but we all make mistakes and this one was a pretty easy fix. :)
Clever, clever fix! (Even if I DO think carving lettering is slightly insane.)
ReplyDeleteHa Ha! Funny you should say that about the lettering Sherrie- I saw that gorgeous Valentine print you made and admired your (slightly insane) script very much! xoxo http://brushandbaren.blogspot.com/2012/02/celebrations-everywhere.html
ReplyDeleteMaybe so... but THOSE letters were BIG.
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed! Good thing for creative problem solving.
ReplyDeleteI *do* love seeing all your "behind the scenes" work.
ReplyDeleteA very clever fix, indeed.
does those letters look tiny to just me???? now you can print the lettering in a different color.....always an upside :o))
ReplyDeleteThe letters are small but they aren't so small that they are difficult to carve. The block is actually really big and that makes them look smaller. I just checked and they are about 30 pt or 1/4 inch tall. I think I'm just predisposed to carving text. I love it and I've been doing it since my first prints. Now FACES are hard when they are small. If the eye or the nose wind up in slightly the wrong spot it looks terrible!
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