credit: Monifa

credit: Monifa

credit: Monifa

credit: Monifa

credit: Monifa

We were unable to get woodblocks in Pune the day before, so Wednesday we went in the morning to Lonavala’s lumberyard to find something suitable. In the second store we were successful, as they could cut the pieces down to what size we wanted and had a wide selection of branches rather than just planks. We selected a Banyan Tree which was still slightly moist, which apparently makes it easier to carve. The bandsaw was really old but really interesting. It had a huge blade which they put inside and it had a large old wheel.  We then sanded and carved the designs and tested them. For our larger prints we used the screen print.