Woodblock Print: Painted Lady Butterfly (Exchange 50)

Title: Painted Lady Butterfly
Paper: Magnani Pescia
Size: 2.5 x 3.5"
Block: Shina--2 blocks
Ink: Akua Intaglio
Edition size: 150
Both my smallest print and largest edition to date!

I made the woodblock print for the Baren Forum's 50th exchange. It's a BIG one, with 100 participants!

One great advantage to working so small is that I was able to make my setup incredibly efficient. Since I really didn't need much of the press bed to do the printing, I set up my inking station on one end. This saved me from walking about six steps to my usual inking table, times two for walking back and forth, times 150. Ink on the press bed is probably not advisable, but wow--many steps saved!