SEPTEMBER BERUBE-BUG / MY BIRTHDAY BUG / PROCESS

Keeping in the tradition of last month's Berube-Bug in celebration of Brandon's August birthday, I decided to create one for myself for the month of September (MY BIRTHDAY. Here's the process of creating, including the steps of printing. Once I figure out a good colorized version, I'll upload that.

INITIAL DRAWING ON LINOLEUM


PARTIALLY CUT OUT LINO


CUT LINO - COMPLETE


INKED LINO


FINAL PRINT

RYOSUKE COHEN / Osaka, JAPAN

JENNIFER ZOELLNER / St. Petersburg, FLORIDA USA

EMMA KLEE / Baltimore MD, USA

BOO - IT'S ONLY A BOOK / Louisville, KENTUCKY USA

WILLIAM L PHILYAW / Shawnee, KANSAS USA

CORALETTE DAMME / St. Petersburg, FLORIDA USA

FRIPS / BELGIUM

HAL STUDHOLME / Orlando FLORIDA USA

EMMA KLEE / Baltimore MD, USA

TEST TOWER / HEE BEE JEE BEE LAND

Visit HEE BEE JEE BEE LAND

DR. BRIGNONE / Cuneo ITALY

MICK BOYLE / Conneaut Lake, PENNSYLVANIA USA

CHUCK GATTUSO / Highlands Ranch, COLORADO USA

My mailart friends never cease to amaze me. Thank you Mr. Gattuso.

CORALETTE DAMME / St. Petersburg FLORIDA USA

CREATURE FOUND IN BRISTOL CONNECTICUT

We spotted this little guy while digging in my mom's flower beds this weekend. Still trying to figure out what kind of caterpillar he is.

AUGUST BERUBE-BUG / B. RANDY PEPPAPLANTA IN THE MAIL

B. Randy is going in the mail today to the following people: JENNIFER ZOELLNER/St. Petersburg, FLORIDA USA - ITSONLY A BOOK/ Louisville, KENTUCKY USA - RACHEL FREEMAN/ Lawrence, KANSAS USA - DEBORAH DAVIDSON/Sapporo JAPAN - BRENT Camp Hill, PENNSYLVANIA USA - SHERRI AYERS/Corona, CALIFORNIA USA - LORRAINE KWAN/Vancouver B.C. CANADA - ALEKSANDR ZHMAILO/UKRAINE - DR> BRIGNONE/Cuneo, ITALY - JEAN LUC CAVELLEC/Plumeliau, FRANCE - DEWI/Toronto, ONTARIO CANAD - ANGELA BEHRENDT/Hannover GERMANY - MICK BOYLE/Conneaut Lake, PENNSYLVANIA USA - CORALETTE DAMME/St. Petersburg, FLORIDA USA - CHUCK GATTUSO/Highlands Ranch, COLORADO, USA

MAILART CALL - AMY WINEHOUSE

ANGELA BEHRENDT / Hannover, GERMANY

CHUCK GATTUSO / Highlands Ranch, COLORADO USA

SPECIAL THANKS TO JENNIFER ZOELLNER AND BLOGGER ANGUS SHAFER FROM THE TAMPA TRIBUNE

A special thanks goes out to Jennifer Zoellner for putting together an amazing exhibit of mailart for her mailart call "CHROMATOPHORE". From all accounts it looks like it was an incredible opening night. Check out some pics from the evenings festivities on her MAILART BLOG.



You can also see what blogger Angus Shafer's visit had to say about the opening including a nice little mention of my work on his Art Blog for the Tampa Tribune.