If you have ever seen any other woodcut print you can see that my images look much different. I was trained and graduated in printmaking and since then I've developed my own techniques of using a combination of woodcarving tools and wire brushes to give depth, texture and volume to my work.
Most woodcut prints are simply black to white and rather linear.
F or example, examine the Amelia Earhart print, in my Famous Womyn series, Amelia's jacket demonstrates the sense of volume and shades of gray that I try to create in each print, making her jacket actually look like leather. I use the grain of the wood to create choppy water in While Mountains Sleep , tranquil ocean in Lunar Tide, as the waterfall in The Life Giver, and as the ripple in The Sculptress. I ink the surface with a brayer, register the rice paper on the board, place several printing blankets on top and then run it through the relief press. Over time the board will eventually breakdown due to the pressure exerted by the press and the printing process and will become less and less defined or crack.