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March 26, 2023 by coreycanvas

The Year of Florals

The Year of Florals
March 26, 2023 by coreycanvas

Jumping ahead from the last post, there’s the matter of my 2022 holiday cards. As seems to usually be the case, the idea developed very early in the year and sat with me until the end of November when I produced them.
I don’t reeeallyyy have a system for printing on a large scale, and at 50 this became my biggest print run to date. I usually build some kind of apparatus out of cardboard that fits the block and then setup on the floor of my studio. Once they’re printed I hang the prints to dry anywhere I can find the space.
The printing was done in two separate runs. First, the flower petals:

One flat colour? No, let’s do it the hard way.
A lot of adjustments were made and a lot of ink was used.
Got some very interesting and unexpected results!
The first layer!

A week later I added the second and final layer which was the leaves and the text:

The skull was not added for effect, that’s just where it happened to be that day. Honest.
There was a lot of variation in the first layer, so I tried a lot of variations on this dark green. I couldn’t help myself.
Quite a range from pastel to neon, but I think the two layers ended up working very well together.
Assistance is better late than never.

I’m very happy with the results and hopefully so was everyone who received one. I learned a lot about controlling and combining colours while inking the linoblock. It will come in handy on my next print run.

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Acrylic still life painting of red lily flowers in a vase by Corey Waurechen
Acrylic still life painting of yellow, white and purple gladiolas flowers in a vase by Corey Waurechen
Acrylic still life painting of pink ranunculus flowers in a vase by Corey Waurechen
A still life acrylic painting of multi-coloured eggs in a bowl and drapery by Corey Waurechen
Figurative painting of mythical female centaur in studio setting by Corey Waurechen
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