Actually, this is my first artwork of anything for 2012. I have been playing with text in artwork since taking a letterpress workshop at the
Printmaking Center of NJ. After a pronto lithography refresher workshop this summer, also at
PCNJ, I realized that method might be a fun way to add text and print an image over the top in another medium.
So..... I started out with this pronto plate after looking up the words "the cat" in several languages. Can you spot how many languages are used? Yes, the writing, done with a sharpie marker, is backward on the plate...no easy task to accomplish. But writing has to be backwards so when the plate prints the words come out the correct orientation. The biggest surprise to new printers is that the image they made is reversed when printed. I rolled up the plate in yellow etching ink and printed approximately twenty. The plate still seems good so I will most likely be able to print some more. You never know how long a plate is going to last.
Then I pondered an image to print over the writing. I found a sketch I drew of this little guy snuggled up sleeping so I drew it onto a small piece of linoleum, cut it, inked it, and printed it over the writing. Isn't he cute? I think he will also find himself in other works I do this year!
If you would like to see other Cat Art, go to my
Cat Image Gallery Here.
