in the works

in an earlier post, i put a photo of some grackles bathing on town lake, here in austin. i've decided to create a large woodcut based on this image. both this photo and the one above show this block in different stages. the top photo shows the reversed image painted in black on a piece of plywood that has been stained grey. this bottom one shows a portion of the cutting, where the cut areas show up as lighter. in this way, i can tell what i've done and what i have left to do. next weekend, this block will be printed at the University of Texas using a steamroller. that's right, a steamroller! hej, if you're in town and would like to check it out, 11-3 this saturday, march 5th, at the back end of the fine art building (behind sculpture, metals, and ceramics).