I periodically have to remind myself of this from #ItaloCalvino and his #InvisibleCities.
#ItaloCalvino #invisiblecities
Up next on @bffdotfm
(4-6 PDT) it's ALLSORTS of The Invisible Cities (!) as we talk to Sadie & Han from the band about their delightful new album "Flower Was Up" (cover art magic by Head Phone Record 🌈 who will also join in to share sum favoritz 🎶 toooo) 📻✨ #BFFdotFM #HeadPhoneRecord #InvisibleCities https://bff.fm/shows/allsorts
#bffdotfm #headphonerecord #invisiblecities
Second layer cut ready to go #woodcut #printmaking #ItaloCalvino #reductionprint #invisiblecities
#woodcut #printmaking #italocalvino #reductionprint #invisiblecities
First layer on this fun piece based on Calvino’s Sophronia #printmaking #InvisibleCities #linocut
#printmaking #invisiblecities #linocut
With 'Dorothea' now committed to a lino block, I'm moving on to consider the city of Sophronia
https://willowhouseprints.uk/inspiration/invisible-cities/imagining-sophronia
#InvisibleCities #ItaloCalvino #printmaking #reliefprint #reliefprintmaking
#invisiblecities #italocalvino #printmaking #reliefprint #reliefprintmaking
Invisible Cities ‘Dorothea’ first proof #InvisibleCities #Printmaking #linocut #alttext #timelapse #fiction #artistsofmastodon #italocalvino
#invisiblecities #printmaking #linocut #alttext #timelapse #fiction #artistsofmastodon #italocalvino
Couldn’t resist tackling that sky. 6h start to finish. No doubt many corrections once the block has had a clean first proof taken. Image reversed to hint at that #linocut #printmaking #italocalvino #invisiblecities
#linocut #printmaking #italocalvino #invisiblecities
Cutting on ‘Dorothea’ commenced this morning, with two straight hours and only minimal on the hoof alterations. I reckon another two hours and I can take a proof #InvisibleCities #Printmaking #Linocut #printmakingstudio #ArtistsOnMastodon #ItaloCalvino #WorkInProgress #alttext
#invisiblecities #printmaking #linocut #printmakingstudio #artistsonmastodon #italocalvino #workinprogress #alttext
I keep promising myself I’ll start to cut this new design, the first in a series. But when I look for inspiration, and the dynamism of line achieved by Gertrude Hermes and Agnes Miller Parker, the lid comes off the ink bottle and I rework my lines again. Tomorrow perhaps.
#printmaking #linocut #InvisibleCities #BlackAndWhite #woodengraving
#printmaking #linocut #invisiblecities #blackandwhite #woodengraving
Invisible Cities print project - thoughts and designs on the city of Dorothea
https://willowhouseprints.uk/inspiration/invisible-cities/thoughts-on-dorothea-1/
#printmaking #linocut #artistsonmastodon #reliefprintmaking #InvisibleCities #ItaloCalvino
#printmaking #linocut #artistsonmastodon #reliefprintmaking #invisiblecities #italocalvino
The first design for my Invisible Cities series has hit lino and is being refined before cutting begins. Sneak peek at some nostalgia for Dorothea #invisiblecities #printmaking #artinprogress #linocut #reliefprintmaking #artistsonmastodon
#invisiblecities #printmaking #artinprogress #linocut #reliefprintmaking #artistsonmastodon
Cities and Nature https://willowhouseprints.uk/inspiration/cities-and-nature/
#sketching #printmaking #InvisibleCities #artinprogress #artistsofmastodon
#sketching #printmaking #invisiblecities #artinprogress #artistsofmastodon
Review - Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
“Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears...their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else.”
Review by @DrJohnmauro
#italocalvino #classics #invisiblecities https://beforewegoblog.com/review-invisible-cities-by-italo-calvino/
#invisiblecities #classics #italocalvino
"It was dusk when I landed there. On the dock the sailor who caught the rope and tied it to the ballard resembled a man who had soldiered with me and was dead..." (BIC ballpoint pen on Canson A3/200g paper) #ItaloCalvino #PenPlotter #InvisibleCities
#italocalvino #penplotter #invisiblecities
"It was dusk when I landed there. On the dock the sailor who caught the rope and tied it to the ballard resembled a man who had soldiered with me and was dead..." (BIC ballpoint pen on Canson A3/200g paper) #ItaloCalvino #PenPlotter #InvisibleCities
#italocalvino #penplotter #invisiblecities
"It was dusk when I landed there. On the dock the sailor who caught the rope and tied it to the ballard resembled a man who had soldiered with me and was dead..." #ItaloCalvino #PenPlotter #InvisibleCities #wip
#italocalvino #penplotter #invisiblecities #wip
Currently reading Calvinos #InvisibleCities and I can't decide if I like it or not.