Author: Erica Fischer

I am stuck

I don’t know how I want to arrange these, I have more I want to cut, and I want to cut another small block or two for more variation. I am trying to figure out how to arrange these, before I layer them. I have a mono print that I love, and a few blue …

I am not good at updating the blog.

I have a compilation of images from the past few weeks. I always know I need to update the blog when I am taking progress shots, but when I clean up my kitchen studio I forget. Why am I like this? So now what am I working on? I am cutting out my prints an …

4/2 Update

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-_F7zHC0BNYmxxE4xWTU5mPfPihes4_j?usp=sharing This work day was a little bit of a fail. It stinks when nothing is going the way you want it to go. On a positive note, I got a ton of new ideas to work with, but that also means I have to figure out how am I going to be able to …

My Proofs!

First of all, I just want say I am really happy with how these are turning out!!! Second, I have no black ink left, so I could only pull off one print that was actually saturated and not splotchy. But I personally like how the dryer (drier?) ones look, it looks like the texture of …

Lino Cutting Pt1

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wz6J_3xaaxRkJ2NQcS2_tAVBtpEqa7CM?usp=sharing View the link to access the images from the past two weeks. I redesigned the digital coral art I made originally depicting a red coral with thin spikey branches. I found a coral in my house, one that has been here for at least 20 years that I have surely looked at hundreds of …

Precious Red Corals

Red corals are gorgeous, first of all. But what makes them unique is their spines that are left behind remain red/pink in color once they are dead. Their vibrant red hue against the blue waters of the ocean is what really fascinated me. I went a little anti science with my creative approach on my …

Ignorance is Bliss – Week 1 Researching the Coral Reefs

I watched the documentary Chasing Coral. I knew the coral bleaching was bad, but this documentary shows how severe and how much of an impact we have on climate change, and what it has already done to the reefs all around the globe. I am upset. If I didn’t see this documentary I wouldn’t feel …