Catherine Kernan, April Vollmer and Sui Witherell at April's class at Mix-It Studio.
The story of Mix-It, an artist co-op and print shop in the old Mix-It soap factory building.
New artist housing under construction across from Mix-It.
Sui and April, with Sui's waterlily print
Randy shows off her block before cutting, and the finished print.
Andrea, our redoubtable assistant, kept busy helping us, but she found time to make a this little block print.
Selma and assistant Andrea cutting blocks on sticky mats for traction. Selma brought a three color block with her so she could focus on printing.
Preparing her block for cutting, and the finished print, two patterns interweaving.
An edition of pink! Rachel used the white of the paper as a third color.
Let's see if I have time for one more color...pulling another sheet from her damp paper pack.
Jonathan made a perfect edition. It seemed effortless...but I think he was working hard!
Phyllis and friends at our final review, checking out each person's best and worst prints, comparing notes.
Lauren took time off from her busy Harvard architectural studies to visit April and discuss old times in the architecture biz.
Who can resist Baselitz's famous dead white guys!?His big vigorous woodcuts were all over the museum.
Terry Winter's new edition of computer generated woodcuts was made with white oil base ink and sumi dyed paper.
Provincetown prints were on view at the MFA. They are printed from just one block, with a white line between color areas.
Harriet, who studied in Paris, and then learned moku hanga in Japan at the turn of the century, influenced the Provincetown printmakers.
Yakshi Indian sculpture, a tree nymph, I think from maybe the 12th century?
The Buddhist wheel from the Indian wing.
Eyes and snakes are both good luck.
Having a wild time at the MFA.
Satyr's only have one think on their mind!
Two head trips in the wing of ancient art.
This is where they put the bodies! Huge Mayan funerary urn, with fierce underworld figures reminiscent of Mickey Mouse.
This guy is sitting on a jaguar throne, the jaguar's legs are up above his head!
Tiny Peruvian (?) figures with granulation. Susan's favorite.
Cousin Susan took April to the Museum of Fine Arts, a day of recuperation after a busy weekend.
