I Didn't Do It

This is a block print of my minature schnauzer, Misty, we were cleaning the kitchen floor, and didn't want her getting in the way, so we gated her in the family room. While we were cleaning she was watching us. She just had the expression "I didn't do it". I took a photo, drew the image on a sheet of soft linoleum, and started cutting away. Misty has passed, luckily I captured this memory.

In a block print, the part of the image that is cut-away is not printed. Using a brayer, a smaller rubber roller, ink that has been spread on sheet of glass is transferred to the roller, which is then transfered to the surface of the linoleum. Once a sufficient amount of ink has been rolled onto the plate, a sheet of paper is placed on top, and then run through a press, with sufficient pressure to transfer the image to the paper. Repeating the process allows multiple prints to be made for a single plate.