Shoreline

Posted on January 20, 2020 by clivelewis

Something new for me. Rather than an engraving, a lithoprint using a ‘Pronto-plate’.

This was a 2 colour trial print titled ‘Shoreline’. Still lots and lots and lots to learn.

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS!!!!

Posted on December 22, 2019 by clivelewis

A favourite Christmas print, my youngest daughter’s first limited edition. She drew, dad engraved and we pulled a proof. She coloured it in, dad engraved plates for the colours then we printed.

Santa has grown chubbier since then; dad, not quite as much. She’s still quite cute!

My Kinda storm…

Posted on December 22, 2019 by clivelewis

It was all happening on paper inside while the cold and storm was happening outside!

Misty morning

Posted on November 19, 2019 by clivelewis

One morning I canoed out into a thick fog and down a wide channel towards open water. When I left the channel and headed towards the shore islands slowly began to appear out of the fog. It was quite magical.

This is a 27×14.5 cm, five colour reduction print.

In praise of patience…

Posted on July 24, 2019 by clivelewis

A friend told me that at my parents’ Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary he asked my dad what the secret was to being married that long. My dad said that it was ‘Easy, just get married and wait!’

Apparently having a cool newspaper is the same. I bought this fifty years ago (with my pre-kindergarten milk money…honest) and have moved it around all these years.

I can’t imagine thinking about 2019 when I bought it.

WAYZGOOSE: Saturday April 27th

Posted on March 30, 2019 by clivelewis

Here’s a great show that features engravers, small letterpress printshops, unbelievable bookbinding and many related artisans as well as printing ephemera and books.

….and us, Raven Press.

Come early, see the show then take a hike along a wooded trail on top of the nearby Niagara Escarpment!

Hay Pulley

Posted on March 12, 2019 by clivelewis

These hay pulleys ran along a track near the peak of the barn roof. The bottom pulley clipped onto a large fork that dropped down and stuck into loose hay on the wagon just in from the field. The rope was attached to a team of horses that would pull the hay up to where it could be dropped into the loft. Hot, dusty, sweaty work.

This is a four colour print with an image area 28 x 34 cm (11×14.5 inches)

Respite…

Posted on January 31, 2019 by clivelewis

A brief respite from a slow going, very detailed engraving. A small, 2 colour engraving of a nude. It’s a closeup because I do a terrible job of faces, and hands, and feet…and other parts as well.