wip… India ink on aspen leaf

October sunrise

The Darling underwing moth (Catocala cara)

autumnal

🍁 this morning through the magic window 🍂

Lesser Maple Spanworm moth in the forest today! #teammoth

wip ink on suminagashi marbled Japanese paper

wip… ink on suminagashi marbled Japanese paper

weed shadow drawing in process—ink on suminagashi marbled Japanese paper…

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studio view…

I spy a Primrose moth… #nationalmothweek2025

weed shadow drawing—ink on suminagashi marbled Japanese paper

a snippet from today’s suminagashi session… marbling and ink drawing on Japanese paper (detail)

and another, or maybe the same, Clymene moth at the window tonight!

Clymene moth (Haploa Clymene) at the forest edge today!

fallen bird nest…

new weed shadow drawing—bittersweet, India ink on suminagashi marbled Rives Lightweight paper, 9 1/2 x 13 inches

Large Lace Border moth

Leconte’s Haploa moth

Banded Tussock moth and friend

Xanthotype sp. moth (Crocus or False Crocus Geometer)

A new weed shadow drawing in process: ink and wash on Greenish Kitakata paper from Awagami factory…

Happy Solstice!

Salt Marsh Tiger moth at the windows last night!

Little Virgin Tiger moth at the window tonight!

Yellow Slant-Line moth seen on my morning walk…

today’s moth report: Large Purplish Gray (Iridopsis vellivolata)

#wip #collage #printmaking #reliefprint #intaglio large wax crayon rubbing on Sekishi washi with cut paper and drypoint, in process…

happy vernal equinox! today’s version: diorama in a hatbox, with a drypoint engraving, suminagashi, India ink, bark and lichen… #printmaking #diorama #papersculpture #intaglio #drypointengraving #marbledpaper

today’s version: paper diorama photographed inside a shoebox with an old iPod Touch camera—monotypes and ink drawing on Japanese papers #printmaking #diorama #monotype #printmaker #papersculpture

a quiet moment in the swamp today…

today’s version: moth and thistle diorama photographed in a shoebox, with suminagashi marbled paper, a drypoint engraving, cut paper and a winter thistle collected from a receding snow bank… #printmaking #printmaker #diorama #papersculpture #intaglio #monotype

today’s version: paper diorama photographed inside a shoebox, with an etching (snow bunting), suminagashi, wax crayon rubbings, walnut ink and India ink on various Japanese papers… #printmaking #printmaker #diorama #etching #monotype #reliefprint #intaglio #papersculpture

today’s version: paper diorama photographed inside a hatbox, with an etching, suminagashi marbled paper, India ink, cut paper and yellow birch bark… #printmaking #printmaker #etching #papersculpture #drawing #diorama

today’s version: paper diorama in process inside a shoebox, with a lithograph, suminagashi marbled paper, monotypes and a drypoint engraving… #printmaking #printmaker #intaglio #lithograhy #papersculpture #diorama

we’ve entered the frozen mud phase of winter here, which really doesn’t help anything… but the puddle ice was pretty this morning.

paper diorama in process, with wax crayon rubbings from found wood, India ink, suminagashi marbled paper and a drypoint engraving… #printmaking #reliefprint #printmaker #intaglio #papersculpture #diorama

speaking as someone living in a house with 2 people who have fairly severe long Covid, mask up—you don’t want this

today’s version: monotype, drypoint engravings, suminagashi marbled paper, and a beech leaf photographed inside a hatbox… Anybody else remember the 80s band, Beautiful Pea Green Boat? #printmaking #diorama #monotype #intaglio #printmaker #papersculpture

today’s version: diorama in a hatbox, with an etching, drypoint engravings, suminagashi and yellow birch bark… #printmaker #printmaking #etching #intaglio #diorama #photography #monotype #papersculpture

todays version: murky scene in a shoebox with a drypoint engraving, suminagashi marbled paper, beech leaves and birch bark… #printmaking #diorama #photography #intaglio #papersculpture

meanwhile, outside…

today’s version: paper diorama in a shoebox, with a drypoint engraving, suminagashi marbled paper, wax crayon rubbings taken from found wood and lichen collected near my home… #printmaking #printmaker #diorama #photograph #intaglio #reliefprint #suminagashi