Art Process
The Nine of Wands. Print available here.
A few months ago, I became concerned that the Blind Tarot was blind in more than just name. I stopped posting images of the cards while I worked through these concerns, but now that I have a better idea of what I am doing, I wanted to share my thoughts with you.
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I’ve been saying for some time that I need to add another PMDD illustration to my shop, but I was struggling to find a new approach the subject. I had already explored how it makes me feel trapped in my body and how I try to see myself as a whole being, in spite of being split in two each month. Eventually, I decided that I wanted to focus on the conflicted feelings I have towards my body.
Read MoreLet me start with a massive thank you to everyone who has reached out to me over the past months with messages of support and questions about the release of the deck. That so many of you are invested in the creation of this deck is my main driving force, so thank you for motivating me to get back to working on it. Hopefully this post will help to answer your questions and reassure you that the deck is still going ahead, if a little later than anticipated.
Read MoreAt the beginning of the month, I decided to take my hulking new Epson printer (AKA Bernard) for a test drive. Once we worked out how to stop him biting chunks out of the paper, he started spitting out the most gorgeous prints. The beautiful pigment ink combined with some Canson velvet fine art paper (of a weight and texture similar to that of watercolour paper, only a little more subtle) made it hard to tell apart my hand drawn ink pieces from the prints. Now, you have to remember that, for many of these images, I have only ever seen them on a cold computer screen, so printing them out has suddenly given them a whole new life. It has also given me the confidence to finally start up my Inklining Etsy shop.
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