From Pennies and Markets...

Here's a new woodcut of an outdoor band at a summer stage. I love the atmosphere of art fairs and farmer's markets that are soon to open. This is where the inspiration came for my show at The Ruby Slipper. There are several market scenes of the fruity and foody variety and more than a few musicians thrown in as well as the penny rugs mixed with woodblock printed embellishments. I'll be sharing more over the next couple of weeks but naturally will keep a few things secret til after the opening on April 30!

I'm really excited to start up some new ideas and projects after all the work gets delivered to the gallery in a few days.

Balloon Guy

Balloon Guy, originally uploaded by Tea and Ink.

This man made the best balloon hats and other fun stuff. He was at Pike's Place Market in Seattle.

On another note... I've had crazy bad luck this past week. We were in a car wreck (someone pulled into traffic without looking and hit our car... my daughter in the back seat) and my computer crashed on the same day. (all our photos on there of the kids from birth til now!!! Shudder, shudder, sweat, sweat) Plus, the week before, my cell phone died.

I hope this run of bad luck is over. I'm now *ahem* 'borrowing' hubby's computer for now.

Dumpling Stand

The second Asian-themed woodcut... this lady made wonderful dumplings for sale at the Taipei night market. This is a test print - still a few things to tweak before it's done. I printed it on a map for fun.... it's actually tissue from a shoe box that was too cool to throw in the trash! Hopefully I'll finish the last 2 by Friday and test print... my thumb has a nice callous now :)

Ripe Plums

Ripe Plums

Here is a print I colored (with Prismacolor and Lyra colored pencils) recently... I carved it a few years back, but it looks a lot different colored. Take a look!