Having been encouraged by a number of folk to work on another block print after "Harbormaster's Workshop," I looked for a suitable subject in my hundreds of photos. The picture needed to have an interesting geometry and to be able to resolve itself into black and white with some accounting for shading. A photo I took last year of Marshall Point Light in Port Clyde (where the Monhegan Island ferry docks) seemed to qualify. After sketching the photo onto the block using the grid method, I took knife to block then ink to block and the initial Artist Proof is shown above. It is very satisfying to see the initial proof run validate the hours of cutting and trimming and all the big and little decisions of where to cut and how to cut. Once cut, there is no un-cut process. This afternoon I trimmed to size the paper for "Marshall Point Light" and prints will be available in an edition of 25.
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