Memory Lane

First relief print, 2002

I have been working on getting my Etsy shop open again after years of sitting idle (www.nappingcatpress.etsy.com) and I found an old box full of artefacts from my first years of printmaking. What a fun and frustrating time -- fun, because every day was. Like exploring Mars. Frustrating because, being self taught, I had no idea what I was doing right, or wrong; troubleshooting an issue and wondering if the solution was just a simple fix, but instead working dozens of ideas that jus led to more problems. Ironically, it was this tenacity and outlier thinking that has made me exceptional at my day job.

But if I could start over, I'd do it the exact same way, just with more tenacity. I have a pretty thick portfolio from 20 years of printmaking, but it really should be 10X as thick.

The print shown is the very first relief print I ever did. After dreaming about block printing, I got books from the library. One suggested carving and printing with potatoes. This was the result, and I was hooked.
 

Dusting Off the Shelves

 Well, it's been a while since I've had my Etsy shop open, and it seems like a smart time to get it back up. I've got a lot of work in my files that I'd like to put on people's walls, to make room for an expected flood of creativity heading into fall.

Heading. Into. Fall

Jeesh. Well, anyway, I am very busy cataloguing and sorting prints, and trying to add as many as I can to the shop every day. I invite you to click on the photo of my press (above, on your desktop; if you're on mobile, you need to click the little link at the bottom of of the page that says "desktop mode," or just go to wwwmnappingcapress.etsy.com

****HOWEVER!!! WAIT UNTIL Sunday August 6 to buy****

On Sunday, August 6, 2023, I will release a special code you can use at checkout to receive a HUGE DISCOUNT. Along with free shipping, this sale will run until the end of August.

The discount code will be released here at the blog, as well as on the Napping Cat Press Facebook page (so go like that page, and this blog, to get notified of the discount shenanigans.