Art and Peace

I love mixed media printmaking. This is an image of the prints in two stages.
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Whew! It has been a wonderful week of summer weddings, and computer work.

My computer project has been setting up shop on Etsy. You can check it out by going to DebraJamesPercival.etsy.com. I still have lots more to add to the shop, so check now and keep coming back. Having my own computer is wonderful, but also time consuming moving out into the big world of the internet.

This is why my woodcut print “Love Thy Bum” I started last week is just a pile of paper with registration marks.

I did get the most important printmaking project printed and drying. I finished up the last of the “I’m Not Anne” edition for Prints for Peace. In order to make my aluminum plate fit a 10x10 inch piece of paper I sawed of some of the top and bottom. I have four drying and the best one will go to the peace project.

I choose the “I’m Not Anne” image because it represents tolerance and the acceptance of difference. I remember telling my children over and over, “It is OK to be different” and I still tell them. If the world could accept that idea internationally, maybe we would be a step closer to Peace. Understanding and appreciating each other and celebrating each other for our differences would be a wonderful dream. It is so important to dream.

Happy Summer Printing