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Subject: Not really idle
Posted by: Andrew Stone

Florida Green Anole--proof state on Japanese paper I knew after I had proofed the Maple seed/leaf prints that I was going to try and print a small edition; but since I expect a higher than usual throw-away rate...I didn't really want to use my $20-30./sheet papers. My home-sized paper at Euro 7.50/sheet isn't too bad (I'm excluding my extra labor/size costs) but at my last attempt I sized just 4 full sheets and I've used 2 of those on my experiments so I need more paper if I'm going to go that route. So, I went and sized an additional 4 sheets of hosokawa elfenbein and 5 sheets of plain white hosho and as they're now dry but need to rest/"age" a bit I have a bit of a forced pause. So, I took out my lizard blocks; As I had registration issues that I wss fixing "by eye", I meticulously reproofed those slowly block by block and now with my newly acquired kento-plug/shifting skills slowly added small shims to the red block, the yellow block (twice as the first time I moved it the wrong way) and one of the green blocks. A little bit of practice helps as I noticed that when I started to see a slight off-register bit I was quick to just fix it and not just ignore it as I had in the past (afraid I'd make it . . . [Long item has been trimmed at this point. The full blog entry can be viewed here]

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Subject: Three more yet (I confess I'm out of catchy titles)
Posted by: Maria

Mary Johnson sends her block from Norristown, Pennsylvania USA Julianne Kershaw from Woombye, Queensland AUSTRALIA writes: I love crows - & enjoy photographing them ? in trees, or as black silhouettes against the sky.. To me they?re outsiders ? fringe dwellers to a certain extent ? surviving on road kill & whatever else they can find. When school?s out the crows come to feast on discarded food scraps ? scavenging out of open bins & prying into plastic wrappings & containers to get at anything edible ? snatching what they can & flying off with it.. [Long item has been trimmed at this point. The full blog entry can be viewed here]

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Subject: Three more!
Posted by: Maria

Barbara Bradley from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA I took the liberty to finish the carving so the darling image would print as drawn. I hope that's okay. The final image is carved. Rachel Kaiser is from my home state a bit to the North, Reno Nevada USA. I'll wave on my way to Portland! [Long item has been trimmed at this point. The full blog entry can be viewed here]

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