I have been working through my thoughts around Alterations and Adjustments and the idea came to me that you couldn’t alter etc unless you unpicked seams.
So I combined these ideas with the thoughts about postcards that had been bubbling around my mind.
I designed a new plate directly from Baroque woven silk, there is always a consideration as to what finished pieces I will make from the precious plate, as to what size I will design. Here there was the consideration that my Hosho Japanese paper was 39.5cm wide. So my plate was 38cm.
I then spent several sessions printing and here are my cards and postcards which I have now finished. Books are still work in progress.
Folded cards with pewter coloured prints, hand formed title, machine holes and silk thread. Hosho Paper
Postcards, Indian cotton rag paper, print and hand punched holes, extending the design to the edges.
Postcards, print and embossing with a print fragment and silk thread.
There are two books planned and maybe more as this printing plate is proving to be very resilient , which isn’t always the case.
However if the rain would stop the garden will be calling me!
Annwyn Dean 