https://www.jessiemerriam.com/creatures daily 1.0 2025-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580165569008-MM9G3Q4ONSSBF718T99U/beach.jpeg Creatures: printmaking and drawing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1610748390104-CXSSNKQHVXZ5Y55BWP0P/1A+highlighted_Hoosier+Review+Illustrations+Round+3.jpg Creatures: printmaking and drawing - Cloud with a head in the Sea pen and ink sketch for Hoosier Review commission, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1610747990540-3X2IXZZ4TQCLFXIQ5V2W/Hoosier_Review+illustration+Window+Desk.jpeg Creatures: printmaking and drawing - Everything I Write Seems to Cost 20 Minutes pen and ink drawing, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580164085629-CSXPA2WKWCZO9IT75HPL/image-asset.jpeg Creatures: printmaking and drawing - Pitch and Frequency Sentra plate drypoint monotype, 19x23” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580186883117-ZIQFH17VKVVP25PN28U7/King+of+the+Feast.jpg Creatures: printmaking and drawing - King of the Feast Drypoint monoprint on sentra. 3’x4’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580165910417-M7UWRSO00ITYG3N14PSQ/portraiture-82.65.5_PS2.jpg Creatures: printmaking and drawing - Noblesse Oblige monoprint https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580186497151-5HYHEJO7E86HIYZWNNKY/portraiture-82.65.465_PS2.jpg Creatures: printmaking and drawing - Everywhere I Go I Spend $20 Drypoing on sentra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580188948058-S8NM8FQSX21GCL8SAW67/The+Beehive+drypoint+and+monoprint.jpg Creatures: printmaking and drawing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1610748411863-SCH0B2BEYG48CUR51GNN/Merriam+-+luck+sketch.jpeg Creatures: printmaking and drawing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580187297668-8V2OUW2UFR7VN1LO9GVD/portraiture-82.65.173_PS2.jpg Creatures: printmaking and drawing - Amphitheater Copperplate etching with paint and collage. Collaborated with Julienne Alexander. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580188056333-7OXNQDLUN59U30CQ74YP/the+woods.jpeg Creatures: printmaking and drawing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1608183501682-KGPH5Z930C2JN7UIWETB/leaping+mouse.jpg Creatures: printmaking and drawing https://www.jessiemerriam.com/humannature daily 0.75 2021-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580187887191-OGX930DKZMKYZD3DN2VC/beach.jpeg Human/Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580187887191-OGX930DKZMKYZD3DN2VC/beach.jpeg Human/Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580188570931-NM89MDYV7FU63NPVORTW/Merriam-Sail-web.jpg Human/Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580188767870-OO6P0M7SPOM8AA2VMALV/falconer+cover+photo.jpeg Human/Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580188814252-Z8A5ALE2NRXP92XPK2A0/Falconer+-+drypoint%2C+monoprint%2C+pronto-plate+lithography.jpg Human/Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1608183401293-71C4KK5RLM8T15QDEDRY/falconer+process+print.jpg Human/Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580165742379-EKFH189UALR0LFQARFML/portraiture-82.65.66_PS2.jpg Human/Nature - Ignatius Pressure print with photopolymer, printed on Vandercook no.4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580190021880-MG33K2BJVQABM56N433K/Franky+Alice.jpg Human/Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580190072400-AIQIQW4ZJGO2RXH3EK99/Franky+tiger.jpeg Human/Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1608183429521-VOTDRXL887F5XWILHS32/Merriam+-+underwater+tea+party+%28smaller%29.jpg Human/Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1608183439866-W956HMY8DKQFIV7BSA9P/Merriam+-+underwater+tea+party+%28smaller%29.jpg Human/Nature https://www.jessiemerriam.com/teaching daily 0.75 2025-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1708726480622-CX3IXUDDI2WYY6EAXXSG/image-asset.jpeg Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop - "Ways of Plants" violets class at Fireweed In this class, we learned about the medicinal and culinary properties of violets, harvested violet leaves from the garden by the woodshop, and carved woodblock designs of violets and their symbolic roots (which resemble lymph nodes). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1708726480622-CX3IXUDDI2WYY6EAXXSG/image-asset.jpeg Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop - "Ways of Plants" violets class at Fireweed In this class, we learned about the medicinal and culinary properties of violets, harvested violet leaves from the garden by the woodshop, and carved woodblock designs of violets and their symbolic roots (which resemble lymph nodes). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1708726230900-1PMN919T8HPZ1UTMXMGV/image-asset.jpeg Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop - "Ways of Plants" violets class gathers violet leaves for tea and printmaking inspiration. The violets class began with violet blossom tea and education about the medicinal and culinary uses of violet flowers and leaves. Violets also are known to help draw shy people out—which proved true in our class as we all became more chatty after tea time as we carved our woodblocks. There are many types of violets in Minnesota, and several varieties can be seen blooming in shady spots, in the woods and alleys, and are conveniently labeled at Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580247594747-V889NPERPPM7HFNZN3GE/woodblock+101+pet+portrait+poster.jpg Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop - Woodblock 101: Creature Portraits January 2020 class used 4x6 (and one bigger) shina plywood blocks to fashion portraits of pets current and past, as well a some favorite creatures. All but one were first-time printmakers! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580247542954-5JTK4PE2II86O4NIL34J/MIA+woodblock+printing.JPG Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop - MIA Third Thursday: woodblock printing with the Women's Woodshop Led woodblock printing for adults at the Minneapolis Institute of Art’s Third Thursday event, providing 2x3” shina plywood blocks and quick instructions on tools and printing. Over 150 people carved and printed, and only needed 3 bandaids! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580247567960-C3M0E2Z2X4194YOCD0SK/MIA+stamp+banner.JPG Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop - MIA Third Thursday: blockprinting banner Despite the challenges of printing a woodblock on a vertical wall, these first-timers made awesome prints! I <3 Hockey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580197439477-E7IDG04MGT9TT4OAYG2W/IMG_0155.JPG Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop - Intro to block carving through linoleum and potato stamps: student creations We carved halved potatoes, then easy-cut linoleum (Speedball “speedy cut” or butter cut) backed with wood for easier stamping. Great introduction to tools and affordable materials that are easier to carve than wood, and easier to stamp into stamp pads then onto paper or fabric because of their flexible surface. (Wood prints best when the paper or fabric is placed on the inked surface, then pressure is applied to the back of the paper or fabric). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1608179956393-USHJOLSEFYSRNWV26YBY/cat+portrait+pre-print+%28student%29.JPG Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1608179966375-7YCAR8QAYRQ83MUJAX4Y/cat+portrait+%28student%29.JPG Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1608180095959-UE6SJZIDHT0KZZCKHXXB/woodblock+101+-+olive+carving.jpg Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1608180953252-8M83FMVNRQAKMSNB8YAA/JEssie+carving.jpg Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1608180501131-MF4GQ8PS48L2264K576T/IMG_20181201_135229965.jpg Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580195383777-XY1TEFG8UWOTRCG4MG92/DA48A9F2-CF7C-4A08-A2CE-4804CBA8BE9D.jpg Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1608180267337-T4KFQJAEGR4TN78AKHYT/monarch+print.jpg Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1608179786685-2R2M8A3PETHPQEU8XIW1/cat+print+%28student%29.JPG Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop - Beautiful kitty by my great teaching assistant Jamie Kubat https://jamiekubat.com/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580195531134-5BCVZ403DTIJ6EI0YL5P/IMG_0076.JPG Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop - Using the belt sander at the shop to create wooden backs for linoleum stamps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580247506548-SXEKB0A8Z73AAXARA1GT/stampclass.JPG Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop - Stamping patterns: student creations In this December 2019 class we carved linoleum and potatoes to print gift wrap, fabric patterns, and stationery. Relief carving has been used for centuries to create patterns on fabric and paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580247576956-DZ41K42RYJGVFK8SVQTS/blockprinting+101+sampler.jpg Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop - Woodblock 101: creating cards Students carved 4x6 shina plywood blocks and printed on Strathmore cardstock. December 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580247634128-T23DFGPFTB7OW9TNPT7J/IMG_20181201_150747953.jpg Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop - "Judith Beheading Holofernes" after the painting by Artemisia Gentileschi 2019 student tackles age-old themes and a master painting in a 4x6 woodblock. Awesome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580247641523-SQ15BRBX3B4BR8L3AWLP/IMG_20190221_205723420.jpg Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop - The big reveal 2018 Woodblock 101 class: student pulling the first print of a dandelion relief carving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1608179685379-XL8D3QF12YQUYEX9OOBB/print+class+collage.JPG Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop - Wooden robot! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1608179984490-W6EAC6J4O2AHT4U11TY8/skull+print+student.JPG Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1608180031179-3A26PPRYCF1TMJ67H1Y4/IMG_20181201_145248491_BURST000_COVER_TOP.jpg Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1608180116256-1HASI5K8CPKK4AKQSMMN/woodblock+101+print+spread.jpg Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1608180290815-VW6NJ1T0EFHF7IYZVTH6/IMG_20181201_153113733.jpg Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1608180698305-WBCGZUCNM12U9TB4B2UZ/tools%2Byou%2Bneed%2Bfor%2Bblockprinting.jpg Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1610753639233-SPQPWW7979SP8ZB2IKAL/image.jpg Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop - Teaching my six year old friend Freya blockprinting - she's a natural. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1610753667291-28BOZO8CTJTT0SSHC3EV/Freya+print.JPG Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1708726812126-4KHKQKD1AHRUTURD0KVQ/bur+oak+print+and+preparations+February+2023.JPG Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1708726819460-BRNR9AGPOWUMUXWY68VZ/nettles+template+fireweed+April.jpeg Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1742909233275-040MV765NBFGE53FWXGH/image-asset.jpeg Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop - Woodblock 101 at Fireweed 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1742909590075-A65W2H4VEM7OEUJ4P0QY/image-asset.jpeg Ways of Plants and Teaching Woodblock Printmaking at Fireweed Community Woodshop - Block printing with Tamales y Bicicletas youth summer camp August 2022 Helped coordinate a Minneapolis Public School summer camp for youth in the Phillips Neighborhood. This workshop guided youth to carve and print linoleum blocks and paper and t-shirts. https://www.jessiemerriam.com/recent-work-minnesota-center-for-book-arts daily 0.75 2024-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580247785775-2BV2H7WGLJTS6RDH0LOB/IMG_20181012_172222810_01.jpg Minnesota Center for Book Arts: relief, letterpress, monoprint. Works in progress 2018-present https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580247785775-2BV2H7WGLJTS6RDH0LOB/IMG_20181012_172222810_01.jpg Minnesota Center for Book Arts: relief, letterpress, monoprint. Works in progress 2018-present https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580248059089-A17HGLVXFNMEI4T6IY3N/image-asset.jpeg Minnesota Center for Book Arts: relief, letterpress, monoprint. Works in progress 2018-present - "The Man Who Planted Trees" Setting type for the 24” long accordion book design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1608182193559-SB9A81M9LXMR6XXHNS5N/The+Man+Who+Planted+Trees+1.jpg Minnesota Center for Book Arts: relief, letterpress, monoprint. Works in progress 2018-present https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580249357929-EH68J4JEZIKXB2OP994M/image-asset.jpeg Minnesota Center for Book Arts: relief, letterpress, monoprint. Works in progress 2018-present - "The Man Who Planted Trees" opening text Story adapted from the original work by french author Jean Giono, 1953. Printed on mulberry paper, with pressure printing on the back and lead type on the front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580249605270-PJ5D1VWH9PM1BAR1OYYZ/Merriam-TheManWhoPlantedTreesexerpt-web.jpg Minnesota Center for Book Arts: relief, letterpress, monoprint. Works in progress 2018-present https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580249670184-Z93YF4ZBRVJO6P1KOK2W/IMG_20190306_002112213.jpg Minnesota Center for Book Arts: relief, letterpress, monoprint. Works in progress 2018-present https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1610745558420-TB7NO8TNHJVYDEGLK0A4/Days+of+Heaven.jpg Minnesota Center for Book Arts: relief, letterpress, monoprint. Works in progress 2018-present - Days of Heaven Remix 2020 monotype with burnt umber ink on somerset https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1608182805797-L92V57IPKB7JFRVN1F1G/monoprint+landscape.jpg Minnesota Center for Book Arts: relief, letterpress, monoprint. Works in progress 2018-present https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1608182338451-MSE35V2LNJCA1XX34KCT/Merriam+-+Antipodes.JPG Minnesota Center for Book Arts: relief, letterpress, monoprint. Works in progress 2018-present - Antipodes: Knik Goose Bay Road and the Dragon Vent, South Indian Ocean (Bound/Unbound Exhibition, MCBA, ongoing) Woodblock print on mulberry. 17.5x7.75” First state, experimenting with layered landscapes. There are old abandoned military bunkers outside of Wasilla, Alaska. While living in Alaska I used to drive out on this road to get to various awesome places, and this spot had cool old ruins covered in tags. I was there in the snow and there was a long slit in the ground where no snow had stuck—it appeared to be a very long (40 feet at least?) skinny opening to a dark space below. Impossible to light with a small flashlight. It seemed to be the mouth of some door in the ground, a bat cave of kinds…The landscape above was beautiful, the tree silhouettes in the early winter twilight. What was below? Later I tried to look up the antipode of this spot (there is a website with a cool little dude who will stick his head in the ground on one side of the globe and it pops out the other, with his little pixelated tush in the air where he started). It’s somewhere in the ocean south of South Africa. It is very hard to find specific information about the middle of the ocean. Everyone loves to think about the sea life right on the coast, unless you’re by an extremophile site like a vent. In future iterations of this print I’d like to evoke some of the beautiful creatures deep in the ocean (the vampire squid!) though I can’t verify if they are currently at the precise antipode to the vent on KGB road… vents often lead to much larger spaces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1608183215312-O3RLDKX9ZXTJYVIGZRGI/IMG_E1060.JPG Minnesota Center for Book Arts: relief, letterpress, monoprint. Works in progress 2018-present https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1608183191239-TK4TF652VFIFEGYASVTT/IMG_E1057.JPG Minnesota Center for Book Arts: relief, letterpress, monoprint. Works in progress 2018-present https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1608183293053-PDBBANMLPILP1ICY5RDV/IMG_E1052.JPG Minnesota Center for Book Arts: relief, letterpress, monoprint. Works in progress 2018-present https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1608182358879-R1FQCT2TBA04PSGKOXAL/Merriam+-+The+Three+Months+of+Winter.jpeg Minnesota Center for Book Arts: relief, letterpress, monoprint. Works in progress 2018-present - January, February, March! Reduction block print in side-by-side stages (all three images printed from the same tiny 2.5x2” woodblock, with more carved away for the second block, and the most carved away for the print farthest to the right (“March!”), in which the ice fisherman falls through the ice and the fish leaps into the air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1610746429374-MKMECT5X571SIBW5ZL9F/Merriam+-+Museums+of+the+Moon.jpeg Minnesota Center for Book Arts: relief, letterpress, monoprint. Works in progress 2018-present https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1580250052400-36LIDU6TX64S1HR8HAMN/newyeargardenphoto.jpg Minnesota Center for Book Arts: relief, letterpress, monoprint. Works in progress 2018-present https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1610745985292-0QE3NV31E5LUGRHLXA2M/jule+goat+block+and+print.jpeg Minnesota Center for Book Arts: relief, letterpress, monoprint. Works in progress 2018-present - Jule Goat print and woodblock 4x6 shina plywood woodblock carving and print of a sly traditional Swedish Christmas gift-bearer. 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1610746034207-A7EE7ZNS3N6EQCJDN1KN/prairie+drifter+print.jpeg Minnesota Center for Book Arts: relief, letterpress, monoprint. Works in progress 2018-present - Praire Drifter Farm logo stamp commission Commissioned linoleum block for the organic CSA farm where I worked this summer in Litchfield, MN. This block will be a stamp the farm can use for thank you notes to share members and other fcorreabeling. Linoleum, unlike wood, squishes a bit into paper, making it work as a stamp without the need for rubbing the back of the paper or using a press (as you would do in traditional block printing). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1610746195757-JQ59KZ5KBMSRMJQXZ5P1/prairie+drifter+block+carving.jpeg Minnesota Center for Book Arts: relief, letterpress, monoprint. Works in progress 2018-present - Prairie Drifter Farm logo stamp carving process Seen here are three different carving tips for carving linoleum and/or wood. Very finest gouge is for linoleum, the slightly larger one is a 3mm u-gouge for wood or linoleum, and the largest is a 6mm U gouge for clearing large spaces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1610746022504-ARD25D10NEZEVUH3S0YE/prairie+drifter+block+finished.jpeg Minnesota Center for Book Arts: relief, letterpress, monoprint. Works in progress 2018-present - Prairie Drifter Farm logo stamp commission: finished block https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1610746419499-HEIHVQYY40W66SIDLQ0M/landscape+reduction+print.jpg Minnesota Center for Book Arts: relief, letterpress, monoprint. Works in progress 2018-present - You'll never be free of me/He'll make a tree of me/Don't say goodby to me/Describe the sky to me Hand printed 4x6 linoleum reduction print, phase 1 . Ongoing series of prints involving the lyrics of “Green Grass” by Tom Waits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1608182776493-MZO2LBT0NT51WNGZGI7R/bouldercreek+block.jpg Minnesota Center for Book Arts: relief, letterpress, monoprint. Works in progress 2018-present - Boulder Creek: twenty miles to the grasser cabin (landscape layer cake) Woodblock print, 8x10” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1610747548973-ZNRWN1E6UG59XF3UXH32/image1.jpg Minnesota Center for Book Arts: relief, letterpress, monoprint. Works in progress 2018-present - Jule Goat final proof 4x6 shina woodblock print, 2020. 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The topmost brayer is the hardest rubber. If you use oil-based ink, you can clean up with veggie oil to dissolve the ink and then a degreaser (simple green, household cleaner, a bit of dishsoap, etc). Always clean all the ink off your brayers! And your tools, if you carve after proofing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1607541158780-8IQ9A0DV0D62ERB73RTM/image3.jpeg Blog - Blockprinting Resources (updated) 3 Types of Linoleum Blocks and a typical linoleum carving tool (other tips stored in the handle). on the left: mounted hard linoleum. Excellent for crisp lines and details, like a woodblock, without the texture or the limitations of grain. Easier to carve curved lines. The mounting is to make the block “type high” to print on a letterpress press. But it is also nice for handling and keeping the linoleum from warping a bit, as unmounted linoleum can do over time. center: hard linoleum, unmounted so less expensive. Can buy in larger sheets and cut down. right: butter cut or easy cut linoleum. Excellent for beginners, for stamps (the flexibility of the material means you can stamp a block into a stamppad or rolled out ink, then press into paper or fabric rather than pressing the paper onto the inked block). Easy to cut into smaller shapes. Less crisp detail, prone to crumbline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1607540944588-0ULVIGJGXSYB1N1WOWE6/image2.jpeg Blog - Blockprinting Resources (updated) Powergrip tools, a wooden spoon for printing, a small soft and larger hard brayer, small tube of black water soluble ink, various pieces of strathmore and arches printmaking paper torn down to size, a shina plywood block (no ink) and a larger block with a light ink wash for testing marks. You can apply watered down ink or watercolor paint to your block and allow to dry before drawing/transferring your image and carving to see your carved lines easier. 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Excellent for crisp lines and details, like a woodblock, without the texture or the limitations of grain. Easier to carve curved lines. The mounting is to make the block “type high” to print on a letterpress press. But it is also nice for handling and keeping the linoleum from warping a bit, as unmounted linoleum can do over time. center: hard linoleum, unmounted so less expensive. Can buy in larger sheets and cut down. right: butter cut or easy cut linoleum. Excellent for beginners, for stamps (the flexibility of the material means you can stamp a block into a stamppad or rolled out ink, then press into paper or fabric rather than pressing the paper onto the inked block). Easy to cut into smaller shapes. Less crisp detail, prone to crumbline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/1607540912017-MUD6KH7U1VMC9TSFHOA5/image4.jpeg Blog - Blockprinting Resources Different types of inks and brayers. The topmost brayer is the hardest rubber. 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Codesigned with Julienne Alexander, yssrs.com https://www.jessiemerriam.com/new-page daily 0.75 2025-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b5e12243c3a53b5285af17c/cd636157-aa57-453d-bf8a-41edf2d54ea3/Screenshot+2025-03-25+074137.png Long Term Ecological Research art & science events - Make it stand out March 2023 at Tamales y Bicicletas, 2820 15th Ave S in the Phillips neighborhood in Minneapolis: this was the first community-based “Ramble” that Jessie and artist-organizer Kim Boustead facilitated for the MSP_LTER: this one was on on soil and air pollution at Tamales y Bicicletas Jardin Urbano in response to air pollution concerns from the Smith Foundry (since closed due to community pressure) and ongoing soil pollution concerns in the Phillips neighborhood from legacy pollution from various industries. 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