Something new

I've been spending a lot of time behind the scenes testing and testing and testing. I've been wanting to create some block prints, but it's taken some time to decide on a wood + adhesive + paper + ink + varnish combination that my very picky self is 100% happy with.

I've finally found a combination I love! I did have some mounted prints quite a while ago now, but the panels the prints were mounted to were only a few millimetres thick, so they couldn't stand up on their own, and then there was the issue of how to attach them to a wall... All in all I just wanted to find something that would be easier to deal with.

These blocks are just over 1½" thick, so they're never going to topple. And the cradled edges make them super easy to hang on the wall, without having to worry about attaching any pesky wires. They can just hang straight on a nail or two.

I'm planning on opening a new Etsy shop at the start of November (I'm quite excited!), and these block prints are my favourite item so far!

{I do also promise that not every single item in the shop will feature a wren!!} 

Comments

[Chrissy Foreman C]

I LOOOOVE your new mount blocks! Did you make them yourself? Oh my! I think I'd love to pick your brains ... (it is almost Halloween after all and I think your brains would be yummy!)

What ... too far?!?!

[Alex Louisa]

HA HA.

Oh no, I bought them. lm absolutely woeful at working with right angles or straight lines, so these would be an absolute impossibility for me. I know it would be cheaper to make them myself, but theres that whole time issue too, and I love the quality of these ones, so Ill gladly just pay an appalling amount of postage to have them delivered to my door :)

[Indigene]

I love your work! Please tell me the name of the blocks used. Can watercolor paper be adhered to it? You can email me back, if that's easier. Thanks.