Lotus

If you were looking over my shoulder in the studio this weekend you'd have seen this lotus print (here with its pink ez-carve block). I'm about ready to cut a second, more refined version in harder and more durable linoleum. Bloody fingers, here I come! It's been a couple of years since I sliced into linoleum, and I forgot how much I like the messy, sometime painful process.

Here's a version in cut paper that hasn't been glued down yet. I made all the paper (except the nubby blue background) years ago, recycling junk mail and outdated letterhead from a former employee. Tall stacks of white, green, blue, pink and gray sheets emerged, and I've been using them for art ever since.

With the door closed and the heater on the temperature in the studio becomes very comfortable, which is more than I can say for the rest of the house. If the thought of being warm doesn't motivate me to make some art, nothing will.