Another print for the Here Come the Ladies seris and maybe even part of the Then and Now seris of prints. The woodblock is from a print I made in 1991 titled ˋBaby Faceˋ https://artbank.ca/art-piece/baby-face-92_3-0134?author=Percival%20Debra%20James&name=Baby%20Face&year=1991#f:@category_e=Work%20on%20paper I have moved so often and chucked stuff each time -I was surprized I still had this woodblock. Now the fun …
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Spirit Dove Story
If you look to the right side of the photo you can see my Copper Dove. I was bloging for Peace that morning. On that morning none of the copper scrap peices were etched. A lot of etching and printing has happened over the years since. I started organizing the plates for printing in 2022. …
When I Was a Little Girl
This image is part of a project I am working on that has no deadline 🙂 I refere to it as “Then and Now”. The painted on doll figures were in another print way back in the early 90ˋs When I was a little girl I got a walking doll for Chirstmas. It was my …
Turtally Fun! For Sure:)
Way back in 2024 I had an idea for two scrape peices of copper hanging around since the 90ˋs I love the Printmaking process. Down below I will show you some photos -but first here are a couple of fun finished prints. There are four finished with backgrounds. The other three are waiting for an …
Here Come The Ladies “2025
I really like working on this series. It is A fun mixed media print seris playing with fabric & photo polymer stencils & copper plates and more. Here are some photos to tell a story. The above print is one of my favorites from last year And that is what I was Doing when I …
Printmaking New Studio
New beginnings for an oldish Printmaker. Because life is a series of twists and turns. I have not had a workspace to set up and make intaglio type plates for a few years. August 1, I started moving into a lovely cozy studio space. I am so excited to re-explore photopolymer film and image making …
Spirit Dove
Finally the first 2 prints of 4 are finished. Just short a month less then a year when I started. It was June 15, 2022 when I blogged about the Copper Dove: Blog – “Going with the Spirit “ Looking forward to starting the next two prints. Happy Printmaker 😊
Tin Foil Mono-print
I tried this this technique years and years ago. The prints were interesting. An American printmaker David Curles presented the technique at one of Keith Howard’s workshops back in 1997. I was initially disappointed with my attempt again last week. But it has a lot of fun potential. Definitely going to play with the idea …
Colour Changes Everything
If you are in Ottawa, stop by the Alta Vista Library. Watched great Printmaking shows being hung on the Alta Vista Library walls today. (The Printmakers hung more then one show) I helped a little bit. It was a lovely morning with a great group of artists. Happy Printmaking!
Going with the Spirit
This hopefully is the final fussing with the placement and printing sequence. It has been a couple of more studio visits to feel confident to go ahead. Next time in the studio I plan to work on the background before printing the copper plates. I love laughing at myself. Being a true ink lover. I …
Artist/Printmaker-Debra James Percival 