The hospital has bought 4 pieces from my solo exhibit! I don’t know yet where they will go but I look forward to maybe seeing them on a future visit.
Sold to UW Hospital
04 Tuesday Aug 2026
Posted in Art, Art on Exhibit
Tag Archives: block prints
New Inventory and Firefly Coffee House Show
20 Monday Jul 2026
Posted in 365 Days of Block Printing, Art, Art on Exhibit
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Art, art for sale, block design, block print, block printing, block prints, collage, collage fodder, handcarved blocks, Mandala, mixed-media, original art for sale
I currently have work showing at Firefly Coffee House in Oregon, WI. They are open weekdays from 6am-2pm. On Fridays they have fantastic cinnamon rolls until they sell out. Their baked goods are all good as far as I have experienced! Here is what I am showing there.
I dropped off a selection of my original block prints at Madison Art Market on Friday. They are at 5944 Odana Rd, Madison, WI and are open daily from 10am-5pm. The prices range from $80-$150 depending on size, specialty paper and complexity of the print. Here is an overview of the packaging and a few selections from the 26 prints I dropped off.
I am assembling more collage packs for the Art Hub in Cambridge, WI. They are located at 145 W. Main St. and their hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10AM-5PM. I have also submitted the information for the fall classes I plan to teach there and Jacy (the amazing owner) is putting together the schedule. It should be coming out soon and I will share the details at that time but I will be teaching a gelli printing class in October and Exploring Mixed Media classes in September, November and December. The classes will each be on the second Saturday of the month.
I have been continuing with my block print every day and have reached 200 consecutive days! In June and July my prints have mostly been on index cards as part of ICAD (Index Card A Day).
(Half) A Year of Block Printing
01 Wednesday Jul 2026
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365 day project, 365 Days of Block Printing, a year of block printing, block design, block print, block printing, block prints
I have made some sort of block print every day so far this year. It has been an interesting experiment and has led me to new ideas and improved my carving and printing skills. I’m kind of running out of steam, but I’m going to try to keep going. Here are some of my favorites from so far this year. I had to include my cat and a picture of my solo exhibit at University of Wisconsin Hospital.
Daily Art Practice
04 Wednesday Mar 2026
Posted in 100 Day Project, 365 Days of Block Printing
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Art, Art Journal, block design, block print, block printing, block prints, color play, colorful, colorful block prints, creativity, Mandala, painting, watercolor, watercolor block prints, Zentangle Inspired Art
My daily block printing art practice is going very well with 2 months of printing and posting them on Instagram. I am continuing to print single pages of tessellating torus mandala blocks on old book/magazine pages. I’m playing with black and brown on the aged papers with lovely results. I came across this pink gelli printed book page and printed my spectacles block in pink and black and I played around with varying sizes of square blocks in a variety of colors on a scrap of paper from a large mandala.
I have a trip coming up in May and I have been putting together a travel printing/art kit to take with me. I recently went to a one day mediation retreat and took my kit to give it a trial run. The “Love” print got a Zentangle treatment and turned out nicely. The little sketchbook is new and I am very happy with the paper. The ink didn’t bleed through and it took shading well. I decided I needed blocks that I could layer and play with a lot of different combinations so I created a bunch of one inch squares that are super fun to play with! And I played!
Have you noticed that I have a tendency to play and experiment? Another series of experiments I am working on is combining watercolor with my block prints in a really mindful way. This is bringing me lot of joy and I hope it cheers you up as well.
Grids keep appearing in my art journals. The square blocks I carved in December work so well on them and creating a master sheet that looks like a hot mess then comes together in something beautiful is a metaphor I really need these days. This is a new junk journal I made recently using a wide variety of papers in a cereal box cover.
Block Printing Every Day
05 Thursday Feb 2026
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Art, Art Journal, block design, block print, block printing, block prints, blue art, blue block prints, blue botanical prints, collage, colorful, Colorful art, colorful block prints, golden geometry, Mandala, mixed-media, Torus Mandala, Zentangle, Zentangle Inspired Art, ZIA
So this is my goal for 2026. It is an ambitious one but I’m going to be gentle with myself about it. It is aspirational but I got a great start in January!
I’m having lots of fun exploring the blocks I carved in December and older blocks as well. I have even carved a few new ones, some of them inspired by the Zentangle Fragments of Your Imagination January challenge. I love to use Zentangle patterns as inspiration for my blocks. This one is my favorite.
I used a block printed mandala using some of these Zentangle fragment blocks as the pattern for a screen printing class I took at Polka Press and here’s some napkins and tshirts that are the result!
I printed a cover for the paper bag art journal I used to capture my Carve December work.
Here are individual photos of some of my favorites.
Making art is a form of self care for me. I think it is also a form of resistance against evils such as fascism. I’m surrounding Minneapolis with Love & Love & Love. Let’s make something beautiful today.
Carve December Creativity
03 Saturday Jan 2026
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100 Mandalas, 100mandalas, Art, Art Journal, block design, block print, block printing, block prints, botanical, botanical art, botanical prints, butterfly art, butterfly mandala, floral mandala, Mandala, mandala art, mandalas, mixed-media
I carved more than 60 blocks in December. The picture above is missing most of the words I carved. They are posted below. Carve December is an Instagram challenge that helps me in the darkest time of the year. It has been the best medicine for my seasonal affective disorder ever! I’m really excited for this first version of a new, big torus mandala that I designed over the course of the month (below).
I wasn’t happy with one of the new blocks and used an old favorite that I’m still working to redesign. Here’s a gallery of the blocks I carved and the photos I posted on Instagram.
I made another paper bag art journal to capture all the fun blocks I carved and to keep a record of them all together. Now that I have completed 5 years of this challenge I want to be a little more organized about the hundreds of blocks I have! I will post a video of the flip through on Instagram.
Wishing you peace, good health and happiness in the new year!
Carve December Part 1
14 Sunday Dec 2025
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Art Journal, block design, block print, block printing, block prints, carve december, handcarved blocks, handcarved stamps, handmade books, Instagram Challenge, paper bag art journal, paper bag book, paper-collage, paperbag book
I love Carve December! It is an Instagram challenge started and hosted by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer of Balzer Designs. She provides prompts for each day of the month and people carve stamps (blocks) inspired by those prompts, or whatever. I have generally been one of the “whatever” carvers but this year I am following the prompts and having a lot of fun with it. I am curious if you can guess what the prompts might be based on what I carved. I would love it if you would leave a comment with your ideas.
I have made another paper bag art journal to capture all of the printed goodness.
Happy holidays!
100 Day Project Wrap Up
03 Monday Jun 2024
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100 Day Project, 100 Mandalas, Art, block print, block printing, block prints, blue block prints, botanical, botanical art, botanical collage, botanical prints, collage, colorful, Colorful art, floral art, floral still life, flower art, handcarved blocks, handcarved stamps, handmade cards, Mandala, seed of life, seed of life mandala
I finished the 100 day project again this year and felt it was my most successful one ever. This amazing set of torus mandala and seed of life mandala blocks and some coordinating center blocks will entertain me for years to come. Would you be interested in playing with one of the different sized sets? What size? Which combinations do you like best?
Here are the prints I made using these blocks and a page of sampler prints of my medium sized torus mandala. To see the development and samplers for the small and large torus mandalas and the seed of life mandalas see my previous post.
Still life pieces made by mixing and matching gelli printed papers and book pages snuck into all the mandala printing. I carved leaf and flower blocks and a block print template to make the different components. I plan to teach this as a class that can be easily modified for differing ability levels. I’m also thinking about putting these samples up for sale in a local gallery for $25 each. (details to follow)
I love to make cards with my blocks and here are some quick thank you cards I made. One of my goals was to print on fabric by the end of the 100 day project and I was successful in that I did make an attempt. It was a good learning experience and shows that I have plenty more to explore with block printing!
Let me know if you have a favorite piece or want prints of something from my Fine Art America product on demand shop. I don’t have everything uploaded so just let me know what you’re interested in and I will get it there for you.
Thanks for stopping by!
My 100 Day Project for 2024 February
02 Saturday Mar 2024
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all the colors, block print, block printing, block prints, colorful, Colorful art, full spectrum, handcarved blocks, handcarved stamps, Mandala, mandalas, primary colors, rainbow colors, secondary colors, Torus Mandala, Zentangle Inspired Art
I am continuing my exploration of block printing for my 100 day project. I have been so excited about exploring torus mandalas and now I’m playing with the seed of life mandala.
Jeanette Clawson Art 