Patricia Phare-Camp - Citrus Heights, California USA
It's Just a Rabbit
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Patricia Phare-Camp
Location: Citrus Heights, California
Print Title: "It's Just A Rabbit"
Paper Dimension: 6" x 13"
Image Dimension: 6" x 13"
Block: Birch Plywood 5/8" x 13.5" x 6.5"
Pigment or Ink: Sakura Printing Colors (from Baren Mall)
Paper: Hosho Professional
Edition: not editioned
Comments: This is the second time I've attempted hanga printing. The first time was in Graham Scholes Hanga Bootcamp with guest instructor Richard Steiner so everything went perfectly. This time anything that could go wrong did...1. tried to traditionally print the keyline to Japanese calligraphy paper all went well, seemingly...
2. while carving 1st color plate I reached into the knife box for a v tool, focused on the handle of the v I didn't notice the very sharp To next to it was upside down, dominant hand's thumb was stabbed, deep...the rest of the carving was most clumsy indeed.
3. yellow plate printed beautifully, pink plate seemingly printed beautifully, inked up blue plate--what's this? The grain lifted on the plate, creating a stripes instead of flat color fields and -it, several of the pink plates are off reg...
4. Keyline printed..., its smaller than the color plates! That means despite the care I took not to push or brush the paper excessively when I glued it to the boards it still stretched...sigh...Anyway I apologize for the worse print I have ever made in my life. Please bear in mind that its only my 2nd Hanga...and...since many of you are teachers it will make an excellent teaching print on what happens when you don't pay attention...