I'm Clarisse - yep, the one from Seventeen Going on One Million - and this is going to be my attempt at a rocking craft blog! Wohoo!
About three weeks ago, I feel crashing into mad love for Linocut. On Boxing Day - amid my unfortunate sickness-period during *sigh* Christmas - I went out against my better judgment and my dad bought me a whole whack of linocut supplies.
I was extremely excited. With a bag from DeSerres in hand, I waited patiently - and with a growing sense of dizziness (not a good idea to go to one of the largest malls on the face of the Earth when sick - and on Boxing Day) - for us to finally say that it's time to leave the mall and go home.
Once at home, after a bit of rest and food, I sat at my desk and attempted to transfer a photocopy of my first design to my SpeedyCut block. That didn't happen. I was not told that alcohol-marker blenders do not react to carbon, and therefore, do not transfer photocopies. But, that was alright. I drew up another design and went over it with pencil like a madwoman. I rubbed that onto the SpeedyCut block and it worked!
A few hours later, I had finished my first ever linocut block. The next day, I printed off eight prints of my design on various paper. I was ecstatic. Still am. And so, here I am.
I'll be posting some of my designs, pictures on my process, my experiences with various linoleum blocks and other supplies and my general impressions of linocut!
So, thanks for popping in, I'll be sure to update this pretty regularly.
Joys of Life Lie in Little Things - Find Them.
Namaste,
Clarisse
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