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| We invite you to enjoy Holiday Cards from years past. Christmas... Traditions, memories and expectations. Each November we go through the process of trying to decide on an image that will carry the message of the season and capture the essence of the season. A winter scene, a frosted cone and various critters have all been portrayed. Our Christmas cards are created by the block printing technique: removal of everything on a block that you do not want to have color. If you use several colors you have to repeat this step for each color. You print these on card stock, lining them up carefully, drying each color thoroughly before applying the next color ink. This process is tedious and exacting and since we use oil-based ink kind of messy. Please join us in cards throughout the years. Happy Holidays! If you have questions, please contact me via e-mail and I will respond to you as quickly as I am able. Thank you very much for visiting my on-line gallery. |
| 2000 Christmas Chicken This was the beginning of it all. I had not done a Christmas Card for years. This was during the time we were raising chickens: this year Rhode Island Reds. |
| 2001 Pine Cone The first of the multi-plate printing process. This is a print of a White Pine cone. The ends of each scale are outlined with sap just before they fall. |
| 2003 A Very Larry Christmas Larry, a most unique and friendly orange cat, here in front of the long building we call "The Quad". This refers to the four major uses: garage, shop, garden and studio. |
| 2002 The Farmhouse Here is the farmhouse. The spruce in the front is now 25 feet tall and decorated with lights each year. The lindens had been moved a year or so before and the kitchen garden gatehouse just built. |
| 2006 Dove of Peace What the world needed more, now than ever. One of my personal favorites. |
| 2007 Winter Rabbit on Toad Hill We have a love/hate relationship the rabbits and deer here on the farm. Here is a winter scene done in four color stages. |
| The next two years we did not do Block Print cards. As far as I can recall these were the years we were back and forth between the Farm and New London, Connecticut. |
| 2008 This Year's Tree Yes, we do actually take a sled and saw out and cut our own tree. |
| 2009 Tree Asian inspired. I was experimenting with variations in the background inks. |
| 2010 Winter Sheep Ah, the sheep. Charming little nitwits. We did not actually have them into the winter but this is how they would have looked. |
| 2011 All is Bright A cold winter night with a full moon. Features our cat, Loretta. She was an active participant in the studio as I was carving and printing the cards. |
| All our best wishes to you in the New Year! Click here to return to the home page. |