Monotypes
Hi again, it seems that slowly by surely I am indeed starting to create a bit more art again. Over the last 2 weeks I spent a lot of time working with letterpress. Most of this was spent sorting type (a very meditative task I found even if most people would consider it mindnumbing. But when you are looking for a "mindfulness" exercise there is probably very little that can beat that). I didn't print much yet but now we have several drawers of nicely sorted and cleaned type :)
Then I decided to start a series of monotypes. Monotypes can be relatively short-term projects. If you work only in one color and really mostly play around you can do a small series in 1 1/2 - 2 hours which is just perfect (including cleanup). So here are a few samples of some of these monotypes without any further comments. Enjoy.
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Then I decided to start a series of monotypes. Monotypes can be relatively short-term projects. If you work only in one color and really mostly play around you can do a small series in 1 1/2 - 2 hours which is just perfect (including cleanup). So here are a few samples of some of these monotypes without any further comments. Enjoy.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglExJJvXPNG-x8J6CQep6VaitzQ3q2fGc0KoxH6Yrcj5k2D39wUsKr1sjr7xb4VZM3OfNhp7or9_csRg6Czir8VHiMzIjK781lRn5i3KYxHj1V-fSW1FkfWReecvdD8zeduIIA/s320/Monotype1_smCR.jpg)
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