Festive Poinsettias

These were created for a holiday party / fund-raiser. The poinsettias were hand-drawn and printed in two colors. I liked the results so much, I printed some notecards from the same design. Look for them in my Etsy store closer to the holidays, or email me anytime to place an early-bird order.

wood etching postcard

wood etching, originally uploaded by EMprint.

I spent many enjoyable hours etching this woodblock. Wood etching is done with special etching knives into very hard end-grain woodblocks. Wood etchings are different from wood-cuts, which are carved in the same plane as the grain of the wood. You can achieve an incredible amount of detail with wood etching, though it is incredibly time-consuming.

I letterpress printed a small edition of 20. They are available for sale in my Etsy Shop.

Robert Frost print

I printed this Robert Frost poem last year as a commissioned work for a client. The text is hand typeset in 72 pt. Garamond and 24 pt. Century Schoolbook. The abstract flowing water illustration was hand-inked and printed from a paper carving (cut pieces of paperboard mounted type-high in the pressbed). I have a few prints leftover, so I am now offering them for sale on my Etsy shop. There are 11 different prints available, each on different papers, with a unique abstract illustration.