The Printmaker

Daffodils
in an Overbeck Vase
edition of 17- 2012, $150
16 1/2 x 10 3/4

I have just finished this print and decided to post it here. I mentioned it in my last posting - I am very happy with it.

It is really a true rectangle - it was impossible to photograph it so that it would look right.

This is from before: "I do have another print started that is of Daffodils in a wonderful Overbeck Vase.
It is still in the design stage, but it will be large and very colorful. I will post it as soon as it is finished."

Please go to this site to read about the Overbeck sisters and their wonderful pottery.
http://www.waynet.org/nonprofit/overbeck.htm

Rendered directly from nature - garden flowers, field flowers and other evocative images are carefully drawn.
They are often placed in Arts and Crafts pottery and enclosed within related borders.

With brush and pen, the compositions are painted directly on the printing screens.
Five, six or more screens may be prepared for the separate colors of each image.
Rich, matte finish, saturated color is used to skillfully hand print each stencil onto 100% rag heavy, printing paper.
The small editions are signed and numbered, ready for matting and framing.

Some timely information about me: "Semi-retiring"
I had decided sometime last year that I would not apply to use the RR Mark when I was up for review this April (Master Artisans must reapply every 5 years). I haven’t entered the Roycroft Festivals for years and I am not producing the art work that I once did. I am a life member of RALA and will always be interested and in touch with the organization.

I am retiring as a RR Master Artisan, not from printmaking. I have been informed that I will have the honor of being a Roycroft Renaissance Artisan, emeritus. I will still be listed on RALAweb.com. I know of only one other Master Artisan who was given that status.

I will continue to make prints because I love to do that. My teaching will be more limited. I found that teaching at the Hamburg Art Center wore me out; the sink that we use to clean our screens is in the basement and the first floor is set up for classes. The stairs were too much for me. I do have a class scheduled at the Power House (on the Roycroft Campus) in October of this year – I will see how that goes before I schedule another class there. I had a phone call this morning from someone asking about the classes that I teach at home.
Having everything on hand makes these classes in my basement studio very convenient for me. I will continue offering these classes as long as there is interest in them. However, I am limited to only one or two students because of space.
I will continue to update my website (dorothymarkert.com) and my printmaking blog (http://roycroft-printmaker.blogspot.com/ ). My website domain name is good through 2016, after that time I will either drop the site or continue with it – I’ll just wait and see how things are.
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Dorothy Markert

email to:dmarkert@dorothymarkert