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KELEN woodprints in Madison Gallery Night at AMERICAN FERAL GALLERY!

I am excited to announce that I will be one of the

AMERICAN FERAL GALLERY Artists

showing October 4th

in Madison's acclaimed Gallery Night!!

AMERICAN FERAL GALLERY2150 East WashingtonMadison.

5PM to 9PM....

and probably will be open a bit later than that

due to the nature of us artists.

ALSO!

The Gallery would be open for viewing until October 12th

for those who would 

like to make appointments.

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They have three of my woodprints.

That's one of them.

(I've got a really elderly iMac that overheats and shuts down...so I can only add one at a time,

every now and then....

sit tight...I'll get the others up today.)

Prices:

The Swamp...$350 unframed~$425 framed

(Children)......$350 unframed~$425 framed

Early Man......$300 unframed~$375 framed

Betty's Nightclub....$200 unframed~$300 framed.

(Betty's Nightclub hangs at Artist Craftsman Supply during Gallery Night/month)

                       

the unprinted woodblock

This is is the upper left corner 

of the woodblock I just completed cutting.

This is NOT the printed block.

This entire block will be photographed by the PictureSalon in Madison, Wisconsin

and be committed to the Giclee printing programs.

I will have prints of this freshly cut, and unprinted block.

Once the ink is rolled onto this block,

it will never, ever look like this again

which is why I get photos of them before I print.

I think these blocks at this stage are beautiful....

BUT the final print is what this block exists for....

it's destiny!

Madison Wisconsin GALLERY NIGHT

See it in person!

Gallery Night

October 5th

    

at the

ARTIST & CRAFTSMAN

203 west gorham

Madison, Wisconsin 

608-251-2977

Warped Woodblock

I should have photographed the block in it's most warped state. 

It would rock on a table as a shallow bowl.

It never was the best piece of wood,

I was only testing out sharpness of my knives,

and I just got carried away.

A couple weeks ago I started my attempt to flatten the block.

It's cherry, about an inch thick. 

Yes, I'll take a photo of the block so you can see.

I should do that.

I put it in a plastic bag, put a towel over it, 

sprayed it on the side that was curling in....
you know, the inside of the bowl, 
with water and sealed the bag, 

and put two thick copper sheets,
 one really heavy big solid rubber block,

and about a 40+ pound anvil on top.

And, crossed my fingers.
The water will be absorbed by the block
and make it relax...
and slowly it will uncurl...flatten.
Hopefully the crack won't get bigger.

Yesterday I upwrapped it.

It was flat enough to print.

Not fun, but I got 8 beautiful prints!

I got some good first prints on Kitakata paper.

This year I discovered what Torinoko did with my blocks.

Luscious, is the only word I can use to describe what the prints are now.

You can see this and more

 at this years Fall Art Tour...I'm #stop25.

New woodprint for Fall Art Tour

This piece of wood

and my sharp little knives have 

held me captive for months.

Today, I printed a couple proofs

just to see what I was dealing with.

Yes, you will be able to see it in person at the Fall Art Tour, Stop #25

Remember...you can wear one of my prints!

There is still time.

Woodblock print wins 2018 Purchase Award

Yes, it's official.
YAY for me and my sharp little knives!