Gelli Printing resumes!

Wow, it's been so long since I've blogged,

that I barely remember how to do it!

Suffice it to say that my life has been busy!

I completed all 36 rounds of radiation

on April 25th, and I am so thrilled

to have that final leg of my cancer journey behind me.

We spent a few very relaxing days away with friends,

and since then I have begun to try to catch up 

here at home.

I'm gardening a lot and just enjoying 

being out in the yard listening to the birds call

and feeling the warm breezes on my face.

Life is good!!

We have a wonderful old Painted Buckeye tree 

in our yard

and I wanted to do some work with it.

I picked one small branch the other day,

sketched the beautiful blossom

and the leaves,

and then today I did some monoprinting

of the leaves,

using my large Gelli Print Plate.

I had prepared some fabric in advance,

but then, as usual, I got carried away

and just started grabbing any spare fabric

that was laying around in the studio.

So, I ended up with layers upon layers!

It was great fun,

and I totally lost track of the time.

Here are a few more of the prints:

…..after all, it is a 'painted' Buckeye, right!!!

The following print

was done on an old striped bed sheet

which had belonged to my Mom…..

yes, I hang onto almost everything!

It will definitely be used.

Here is my month of April

according to my Photo 365 app:

It was a brilliant month….but aren't they all?

Thanks for stopping by!

Peace to you and yours!