"Tabbies" wrapping paper in primary colors.

Hand-printed Wrapping Paper

This gallery displays all of my Hand-printed Wrapping Paper.

Wrapping paper, "Tabbies", in primary colors.

Tabbies is a linoleum block print, and each sheet of paper is hand-printed on 100# Kraft paper that are more or less 24″ x 30″; my paper is 30″ wide, and I do my best to cut it from the roll at 24″, usually a little generous.

Paper is shipped folded in quarters. Shipping is included in all prices.

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About the artwork

I call the four designs in this set “Tabbies” because “the stripes made me do it!” They are linoleum block prints I designed to print as note cards in 1997. The designs are referenced from photos of my own cats, down to their stripes. You may have also seen these designs as note cards, “Summery” and “Brights”.

When I created this set I cut all four designs from one linoleum block so that I could lay one 11″ x 17″ sheet of paper over the inked block and print all four cards at once, then trim them down. Now when I print the paper I print all four designs at once in a block.

The designs are printed in water-based acrylic ink on 100# kraft paper in primaries red, blue and yellow, then also secondaries orange and green plus white. Color assortment may vary for “Colorful Tabbies”.

 

Block printing is a technique wherein the artist carves the surface of a piece of linoleum, leaving raised areas which will become the image. Ink is rolled onto these raised areas, then a piece of paper is pressed against the block and when it’s lifted away the ink remains, leaving the image on the paper. Because of this process, each print is slightly different and therefore unique.

Other hand-printed wrapping papers include “Meowy Cats Mess”.

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All images used on this site are copyrighted to Bernadette E. Kazmarski unless otherwise noted and may not be used without my written permission. Please ask if you are interested in using one in a print or internet publication. If you are interested in purchasing a print of this image or a product including this image, check to see if I have it available already. If you don’t find it there, visit “purchasing” for availability and terms.

 

 

 

 

An overall sheet of Meowy Cat's Mess wrapping paper.

Meowy Cats Mess is a linoleum block print, and each sheet of paper is hand-printed on 100# Kraft paper that are more or less 24″ x 30″; my paper is 30″ wide, and I do my best to cut it from the roll at 24″, usually a little generous.

Paper is shipped in a mailing tube. Shipping is included in all prices.

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About the artwork

This 5″ x 7” design is a linoleum block print I designed for my holiday card in 1996. I like to do something different for my holiday cards every year, and in 1996 I decided I’d revive my love for block printing (and it was one of the creative things I did in the aftermath of losing Kublai and Allegro).

The design is derived from hand-lettering and playing around with fonts, plus tiny cat silhouettes I had designed for various projects representing all the cats in my house at the time. I added a border just to be decorative. It’s printed in water-based acrylic ink on 80# kraft paper in alternating red and green.

Block printing is a technique wherein the artist carves the surface of a piece of linoleum, leaving raised areas which will become the image. Ink is rolled onto these raised areas, then a piece of paper is pressed against the block and when it’s lifted away the ink remains, leaving the image on the paper. Because of this process, each print is slightly different and therefore unique.

 

 

 

 

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For art, photos and writing as I develop it, visit my blogs.

See feline art and photos as they happen on The Creative Cat, along with feline news, health, welfare, rescue stories and more.

See daily photos as I post them on Today.

Read poetry, short stories, essays and more on Paths I Have Walked.

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© 2022 | www.PortraitsOfAnimals.net | Published by Bernadette E. Kazmarski

All images used on this site are copyrighted to Bernadette E. Kazmarski unless otherwise noted and may not be used without my written permission. Please ask if you are interested in using one in a print or internet publication. If you are interested in purchasing a print of this image or a product including this image, check to see if I have it available already. If you don’t find it there, visit “purchasing” for availability and terms.