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| PZ Kut (A) |
Practice, practice, practice.
My tools are not as sharp as I remember, nor is my hand quite as steady.
And my eyes ... gosh, I wish I could find my old magnifying lamp.
This new one is just not the same. *sigh*
I carved this winter stamp a few nights ago.
The image is from that soggy box I retrieved,
except that I shrunk it down quite a bit from the original -
not so much for the challenge, but to fit on leftover scrap.
It did end up being a challenge, though!
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| OZ Kut |
I couldn't remember what image was in the other box on that trail (the mate to the one above),
so I sat and doodled for a bit. I liked this doodle, so I carved it on OZ Kut.
I could really get fine lines with this material cuz its pretty stiff, but it is not as forgiving
as PZ Kut. I think it gives more of a woodcut look to the image.
And when I made mistakes, they were harder to 'fix' than I expected.
One of the comments I have heard about OZ Kut is that it doesn't take ink
as well as some other materials (i.e., pink stuff or old PZ).
I stamped it with VersaFine, and that seemed to take care of that problem.
It inked like a charm after that.
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| PZ Kut (A) |
This was another doodle worth carving for practice.
Boy, I had forgotten how much you can 'push' PZ around with your gouge,
which is good for getting those long, smooth sweeps.
That is definitely more challenging with the OZ Kut.
2 comments:
Fun little doodles! It’s true that OZ, even TanZ, doesn’t hold ink as well as the softer materials on larger, positive areas. But I find that sanding off the shine before carving with VERY fine sandpaper, or even a manicure-nail smoothing block really takes care of the resistance.
Thank you, WW, for that - I absolutely agree. Sanding those two materials in particular is very helpful! But, sand prior to carving, for sure!
~SHH :-)
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