We rub the fabric
with flat pieces of wood
until the thick, black ink sticks to the fabric,
and makes a print.
We peel the fabric of the linoleum,
to see our creation,
and what we have to improve.
Is it inked too much?
Is it inked too little?
Do you need to rub harder?
Do you need to rub less?
Then, the prints are moved
upstairs, to be painted.
Bright red, gold, cool blue, and
my favorite, so-called ubiquitous blue.
You paint into a part where there is supposed to be
a different color.
You have too much paint on the brush, so it is the wrong shade
of whatever color you're painting. And then, after three hours,
you're finally done. You get to go home.
Do whatever you want. Then
next Thursday, you come back
to do more. Constant and repeating. A circle of printing.
with flat pieces of wood
until the thick, black ink sticks to the fabric,
and makes a print.
We peel the fabric of the linoleum,
to see our creation,
and what we have to improve.
Is it inked too much?
Is it inked too little?
Do you need to rub harder?
Do you need to rub less?
Then, the prints are moved
upstairs, to be painted.
Bright red, gold, cool blue, and
my favorite, so-called ubiquitous blue.
You paint into a part where there is supposed to be
a different color.
You have too much paint on the brush, so it is the wrong shade
of whatever color you're painting. And then, after three hours,
you're finally done. You get to go home.
Do whatever you want. Then
next Thursday, you come back
to do more. Constant and repeating. A circle of printing.
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