Jim & Judy Vacation - IV

OK--time to move on from this topic; but thought I would end with a few more ways that 'nature' can be 'printed'. Some are quite easy--and fun to incorporate into various uses. (The first pictures are of a journal I made; we printed the pictures using different approaches & then compiled the journals. Pretty fun--& now I know some better uses for my brayer!)

One of the great benefits from the time with this group was getting a chance to experiment with a variety of inks, paints, papers, techniques, supplies--MUCH greater than you would every do alone. Gives you much better direction for what you might purchase, what you prefer to use, etc.
The other benefit is now having a network of resource people that you can ask questions, compare notes, look for classes, etc. Next year will be on the east coast but we might return in two years to the workshop slated to be on the Oregon coast. (These guys travel! They've had meetings in France, New Zealand, Hawaii, Canada, etc. We thought we were lucky finding them on the west coast this year--turns out on the continent was lucky!).

The last four pictures are more of the 'show & tell' session including block prints, irridescent ink prints, & silver casted jewelry.