monotype print

I am excited to be joining the Haverhill Art Market again this weekend. I invite all you Haverhill Hillies to come down and get my unique Haverhill Holiday Ornament. It is a screen print of the iconic Basiliere Bridge.

For all you bridge lovers and those who want to celebrate the beauty of our city, I also have a limited number of black and white photographs of the Basiliere bridge encased in the early morning fog, with gulls overhead.

Hope to see you at:

• Haverhill Art Market
• 90 Washington St ( by the Tap)
• Saturday, December 19th  – 12 to 6 PM

I will have many other mixed media prints, monotypes, and pieces to choose from as well. These will make great last minute gifts for family and friends.

When I create textured papers for printing or collage, I think about:

• Using a variety of lines, thin, thick, curved, even, uneven, and so on
• Finding some harmony in the chaos by the time I am done and
• Combining colors in a way the leads the viewer to a focus

I like to give myself time to come to a place where I am happy with the layers.

I also work on 10 or more papers at once so that I have lots of opportunities to succeed.

I have put together a kit of 8 thermofax screens that are great for creating layered, textured papers.

The kit includes:

• butterfly
• dragonfly
• scribbly handwritting
• “love”
• “create”
• 2 spyrograph drawings and
• circular pattern

The imagery is simple enough to working to many different projects. You could use many of the screens together, as I did in today’s project or you could use them separately to make, cards, t-shirts, napkins, aprons, tablecloths and much more.