"KAINALU"

 Woo Hooo...Finally!!
Weeks, months, years! of work (well, not really "years", tho sometimes it felt like  it ...)  for this small woodblock print. Lotsa carving, lotsa cranking (by hand) over and over through the press for the different colors.

 Here's the final result, I was able to make about a dozen prints from the 4 carved woodblocks and a drypoint (scratched onto plexiglass, then inked) for the fine lines.

Inspired by the Spotted Eagle Ray,"Kainalu", who lives in the sea water "pond" where I work at Four Seasons Resort,... here's hoping I did justice to his graceful beauty.

You can check out the carving process below... just click on the images...

The block for printing the ray and the fish.
The background was all carved away leaving the ray
and the fish as raised ares to be inked and printed.

The fish shadows block. 
All the rest has been carved away,leaving just
the shadows of the fish raised up to be inked.

The background block.
The ray and the fish and the water swirls were carved out,
leaving only the raised background to be inked and printed.

The block for the light swirls in the water.
The rest of the block has been carved away,
 leaving jus tthe swirls as a raised area.