inky fingers

Lisää kevään aikana Liminganssa tehtyä / Also this was made in art school in Liminka:

We made woodcuts: polished the panel, sketched and cut thee picture, spread the color and print the picture. There were
two great pressing machines, but I preferred to print by hand, using brush or spoon. It was fun to experiment with layers
of different colors differently mixed and printed – and then with Chinese water colors.

Yesterday, I listed what I wanted to get done. Then I made that all. Wau!
Listasin eilen päivän tehtävät. Sitten tein ne kaikki. Onko tottakaan?

Today we celebrate internationally women’s rights. In Finland, the government and the trade unions just decided to strengthen
our economy by cutting 30 % of the extra months fee for all employees in public sector – who mostly are well educated women
working in kindergartens, schools, health services, libraries, already getting low salaries.
“But I can pay for my wife. And when we get our economy going well, so can also the other men.”

so good to be at home, the cat is so happy! kissa on niin onnellinen, kun olen kotona!

frames were made first and then the model was placed inside,
as well as it is possible when he posed just one minute – just for exercise
minuutin asentoja valmiisiin ruutuihin – ihan sekopäistä puuhaa, tai siis harjoitusta
– idea näiden tunkemisesta tänne tuli Keijjolta, mutta vastuu on minun

The merciless beast of self-criticism is killed by the silver arrow of childishness.

Rosabelin lumoissa
Tämä on todella vanha juttu, taitaa olla ensimmäisiä vakavia yrityksiä sarjakuvaksi
(siis sen noin 20 vuotta kestäneen tauon jälkeen…) ja piirretty Tapio Puhakan kurssilla.
Tulin tavallaan luvanneeksi ihanalle lukupiirilleni tällätä jutun tänne, joten nyt tulee pitkä päivitys.

This is a old piece which I put here, because I happened to promise it to the best group of short story readers.
The first pages in Finnish tell, how we discussed about Katherine Mansfield’s story and how I drew it.
In stead of Mansfield’s time, I made it happen at 1920’s – it was more fun to draw art deco.