Last year, I was fortunate to be involved in the Genesee Center for the Arts and Education's calendar fundraiser. Being the low man of the totem pole, I designed the back cover of the calendar. I am happy to say that I am the designer of April for the 2012 calendar!
I tried to think of "Spring-y" things to print, but I was having a hard time. I decided in the end to do something totally different; print Henrietta the Chicken. Henrietta was the chicken that lived on the farm that I worked at this past summer. She was a Golden Polish Crested hen. She wasn't the most friendly thing, and stopped laying eggs for us, but she was nice to look at. I was also thinking of something to give my fellow farm interns as a memento. I took some pictures of Henrietta, bought a linoleum block and started carving.
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| I used a good 'ol charcoal transfer to get my image on the block. |
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| The first color- gray |
I did one additional run on the press to print "Henrietta the Chicken." There's a better picture of the print on
FeltandWire.
If you would like to purchase a calendar, you can go to
etsy.com. They make wonderful Christmas gifts!
I will say that, if you are in my family or are a good friend, you may be getting a print for Christmas. I'm not cheap, I'm crafty.
Let's make this Christmas meaningful & handmade.
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