You never know what you’re going to find when you go out for a short walk (taking a break from your work).
I stumbled on this lovely oak and copper fabric printing block at a local antiques shop the other day. (Isn’t it a lovely work of art in itself)? I think so and when I’m not using it, it will decorate my mantelpiece).
Here’s my first attempt at printing from it. I rubbed colour onto the block from a Distress Ink (acid-free) ink pad and pressed it onto acid-free tissue paper then rubbed it carefully with the back of a spoon to make sure the ink transferred from every bit of the block to the paper.
The ink pad colour is called Chipped Sapphire. I can’t figure out the name. Is a chipped sapphire any different in hue to a non-chipped sapphire? If there are any gem hounds out there who can enlighten me, be my guest.
Have a break from your work, walk, then check out all the art links below.
Ann
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Poetic Mapping: Walking Into Art 
That’s lovely. I am such a dabbler – I love picking up new artistic hobbies — I did some bookbinding a while back, and this type of thing would be perfect for end pages.
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You should post some of your visual stuff. And there will be a connection between it and your writing.
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Your new printing block is a work of art in itself. Quite a lovely mantle piece.
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There was a second one in the shop, but it was a hunting scene. Though nothing was actually being or had been killed in it yet, there was a man with a gun and an unsuspecting rabbit nearby about to meet its maker. As a vegetarian of 20 years I could hardly display a promotion for hunting over the fireplace! 🙂
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I love bunnies, that one would have been left behind, too!
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🙂
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