Yes, the weather is always a topic of discussion in New England. Can you imagine someone from San Diego commenting on how it’s seventy degrees and sunny? Of course not. New England’s weather is a constant soap opera…lots of drama, often ridiculous, and completely unpredictable. Today, it’s actually hot outside…65 degrees in the shade.
We had a lovely Easter lunch on Sunday. My son ate gobs of candy. While the sugar did not put him over the edge into hysterics, it did give him boundless energy to want to hide, and re-hide, his plastic eggs endlessly.
Admittedly…the hiding places weren’t really covert, but we pretended to have to search for them…
We, I mean, I also made Easter eggs. My son was too preoccupied with the plastic eggs, to bother with the real ones:
My mom made her yummy chocolate nests:
I have eaten many maaany of these. I may have to tell my son about “The Easter Pig”, who eats up all of the candy after the Bunny is finished delivering it. The secret identity of the Easter Pig will not be revealed.
Studio was good today. It was quiet and calm. I had plenty of room to work. Here is today’s stuff:
I’m getting a lot of mileage out of this carborundum plate. I should make more, but I just keep playing with this one.
These prints are all a “full bleed”, which means that the plate is at least as big as the paper…so there is no paper border around the print. I like this kind of printing, as it is a bit less fussy.
This last one was my attempt to save a horrible print. I think that it is still not great, but improving slowly:
The blue was a bit more intense than I had intended. Sigh. I may do something else to this…opinions?
One last note: Somerville open studios are this weekend!!!!! Please check out the great stuff by a few people that I know…
Irene Ramirez at #65 on the map, 29 Berkeley Street…Super cool custom beer labels & kick butt graphic design…
Aparna Agrawal at #58 on the map, 20 Vernon Street, sixth floor…New sculpture installation
Catherine Kernan and Boriana Kantcheva at #29, Mixit Print Studio, 32 Clifton Street…Amazing printmakers…
Debra Olin at #85, Mad Oyster Studios, 2 Bradley Street…another amazing printmaker…
Hope to see you there!!!!
