Robins-woodcut print

For this woodcut, I wanted to challenge myself and work on my craftsmanship as a wood carver, so this piece is extremely small compared to my other woodcuts-7″x3.5″ —and it has a fair amount of details for such a small print.

After printing layer 1 (above) I carved the block to reveal what will be layer 2, and I hope to print it tomorrow after today’s ink dries. Stay tuned—

Here’s LAYER 2 of our little itty bitty (3×7″) robin woodcut. I’m so glad those tiny stars didn’t pop off while going through the press! I held my breath each time it went through.

It’s in a bit of the ‘ugly duckling stage’ this orange is just for the beak and breast–the colors should make sense when we print layer 4 the next day.

LAYER 4 of our Robin woodcut! At this stage, we have a good idea of how the print will turn out. Just one more layer to go: BLACK!!!

Happy artist with the finished print!!