Chappy Lips by Leslie Valerio

Just this past weekend, I volunteered at Print Studio Jax's booth and printed shirts and shorts and anything we can make a mark on. Then afterwards, I rode my bike around downtown Jacksonville with some good friends, drinking cheap beer, listening to local bands live, and we were just being hooligans. It was a magical day, and I felt so free.

Anyways, here's my linocut relief print (my first since graduating college!) and I'm happy with her. Originally, I had three eyes glued so it can as a collograph.

Original plate

But as soon as I got the booth the eyes fell off, so I had to carve a face right on the spot so I can run it through the press right then and there. 

"Asuka," 2014

I even printed her on a shirt! Well, a crop top…