Mike Lyon

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Drawing in Silverpoint and Copperpoint

January 11, 2011 By Mike Lyon

While I began to study fine arts at the University of Pennsylvania, I became interested in Renaissance drawing, especially silverpoint drawings by Da Vinci which were illustrated in books in the Furness Building’s fine arts library.  I copied many in pen and ink and although I didn’t understand how they had been made, the silverpoints […]

Filed Under: Drawing, Featured Tagged With: CNC, CNC Machine, copperpoint, goldpoint, Jig, machine drawing, silverpoint

Burning Leaf Smell woodcut

December 1, 1997 By Mike Lyon

Printed in December, 1997, this small edition of tiled woodcuts was produced for Christmas gifts that year.  The muddy colors and swirly patterns remind me of the smell of leaves burning in our gutter each fall, a practice now long abandoned (and illegal).  These were printed from a set of one-inch birch plywood tiles with […]

Filed Under: Woodblock Tagged With: Baren, Birch Plywood, Christmas, Circles, Drill Press, Japanese Woodblock Prints, Jig, Leaves, Moku-Hanga, Swirly Patterns, Symmetrical Pattern, Symmetrical Patterns, Tiles, Water Colors, Woodblock Print, Woodcut

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