Nuremberg Chronicles Art Wood Cuts Book

I have always admired wood block prints. I dream about carving out my own art by a cozy wood fire with a love for art fueling me late into the night by candlelight. Every night. It seems like such a romantic form of art/illustration. With the finding of a Nuremberg Chronicles book published in 1493 just recently in Utah, I am in awe all over again. Do you think anyone would notice if I pulled a loose barn board off and got a knife and started carving intricate swirls for wind, roses, and sunshine, which is also what I dream about the rest of the time?

From what I understand each print was from a wood cut in this book. All 1,809 illustrations. Some illustrations were hand watercolored. We are still romancing wood cuts after all of these years and rightly so.

Pink Mushroom Girl Valentine Wood Pendant/Pin

Meet the Pink Mushroom Cap Girl. She has been featured before in my paintings, but here she is on a wooden pendant that I hand painted and varnished. Each wooden block (if I can say block even though it's a circle) is an original work of art. No two are exactly the same. The exciting part is that you get to choose whether you want it as a brooch or as a necklace pendant.

My love for mushrooms came from my childhood. In Montana after a rain shower my mom would take us out and we'd look for morel mushrooms near the streams and river. I loved the damp smell of earth in the spring and still do. Whenever I walk into a greenhouse I inhale memories and good feelings of gardening dreams.

I'm adding some new categories to my etsy store. Wooden Pendants is one being added and more varieties of art are coming in the next few days. I am excited!