A few days ago I made a post about my collection of vintage printing blocks, with a teaser about a new project I used them for.
It’s probably pretty self-explanatory–I used them as embroidery patterns. By taking them through my Challenge proof press with carbon paper, I printed them on unbleached linen, then embroidered the images.
Printmaking and embroidery are two mediums I don’t often get to combine. Somehow using antique printing blocks as a base for a similarly antiquated medium like embroidery seems kind of right.
These are each in either 3″ or 5″ hoops.
And right now, they’re all available for sale at the Corvallis Art Center’s Art Shop!
Bonus Oregonian tree embroidery:
Christy Turner 