“Add on relief printmaking” (most often, for the last 25 years involving my etching press) on paper and cloth is the “unifying” activity for almost all of my work- most often “landing on” handmade books, quilts, even flourcloth towels (and tea cozies and place card/books for gatherings around my huge kitchen table :-). In the past I did a fair amount of calligraphy (Uncial). As my “Essential Tremor” has had a major impact on that, I have been exploring the use of many fonts in different sizes and even colors, on my computer. A work-changing and accidental discovery years ago was that I could run many of the kinds of handmade paper that I was using in bookmaking, through my ancient photocopier! Though size-limited, that has enabled me to, for example, copy calligraphy onto many kinds of gorgeous paper which cannot “accommodate” wet ink. Learning from a friend to use “freezer paper” onto which I have drawn lines before ironing it on to simple bleached muslin, has made possible calligraphy with textile ink on quilts, hangings, etc.

WORDS and IMAGES…IMAGES and WORDS (Many times inspired by the LIVING WORD, Jesus, who rescued me when I was 18…)