as promised….here are my newest linoleum cuts. the one with the brown beard turned out a little….eh…..i am partial to the solid blue simply because of its cleaner lines.
once i get my registration lined up again for a print that i have already started…{eh-hem….after a little dilemma in the print shop}, i will have more prints hot off the press!
LOOK what i got!
{this page was bookmarked}
“elle- humour” a picture box book by julie doucet
she has an amazing since of humor tossed in with a delicious dose of creative energy making for one heck of an amazing valentines day present!
Thanks Jonathan.
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look what i gave:
a limited edition print from little paper planes by hannah stouffer
{jonathan trimmed his beard recently, and i plan to cut my hair…seemed appropriate since hair has been the topic of alot of our conversations lately}
happy valentines day!
here…i’ll share some inspiration with you
cody hoyt’s work is impeccable, and the processes behind them seem tedious….his dedication to a single piece of work can only raise your appreciation for what he’s doing here. most of his pieces involve many layers onto one work of art { including: silkscreen, etching, gouache, and lithography to name a few}.
im thinking of turning this into a linoleum cut. i will let you know if i do. regardless….a lino print will be developed soon.
available now at earlygriffin {click image}
there isnt much to say here other than amazing.
from abby
from suzanne
our friends abby and suzanne came over the other night and gave us some pretty amazing gifts. 4 porcelain cups made by abby, as well as some fancy napkins with a great pattern on them. suzanne drew us a picture of a robot with some really nice words pasted on the bottom, as well as an amazing 3-plate intaglio etch she made….and a fantastic new garden book for me to draw in!
i love my friends.
These are two of my collograph prints. These were rolled with etching ink and then ran through a press. the texture was achieved by gluing 3-dimensional circles and thread onto torn cardboard. i then gessoed the piece and covered it in polyurethane so that it could resist ink so that i could clean it off and reuse it in order to create multiple prints with multiple colors without damaging the plate.
Collograph: in simple terms it is the process of creating a textured medium to rub or print on a press in order to accomplish a mirrored reproduction of the textured piece.
We have all made collographs at some point in our lives. For example, a leaf rubbing. you know, the ones where you place a leaf, stick, penny, or other random object under your paper, then rub a crayon (or something) on top in order to get a reproduction of that object on paper. or what about those people (or maybe its you) that rub names off of head stones, sidewalks, or memorial walls? this too is a simplistic version of a collagraph print.
When done right, collographs can be beautiful…there are endless opportunities as there are countless textured items surrounding us daily that would make incredible prints.
My friend abby created these two fine screenprints over the summer and was gracious enough to give me one of each. I love these prints. These will soon be matted and framed to hang somewhere in my house….thanks again abby!
So today at school we were asked to begin our ideas and plates for a collograph print. I was forced into doing my own research outside of class since I have no recollection as to what he was actually saying during class. I probably learn more by actually going out of my way to learn something rather than listen to the murmur of my instuctor explain something he’d rather not be explaining. So, here is the result of my research. This is a collograph print created by Jenny Bullen. It seems rather simple compared to the explanation given by my instructor. That’s not to say that the ideas and thoughts behind this creation were simple….just the overall technique. After a little googlin’ I’m inspired to actually do something with this rather than stare at my classmates hoping for some collographatic epiphany!
Last semester I had taken an Asian Arts Special Topics course that inspired the heck out of me. I can honestly say that the class itself was not at all what I had expected, but I have noticed a subtle difference in my approach to subject matter and overall placement that I feel is a result of this class.
One artist that I absolutely cannot stop thinking about is Aubrey Beardsley. Though he is an England artist, he was indirectly inspired by the Japanese ukiyo-e prints. His work was absolutely revolutionary of his time. Which inevitabley (and collaborately) sparked the Art Nouveau movement.
I am currently changing my concentration (for
my BFA) from painting, to printmaking. I feel as though I have a pretty vast understanding about painting, yet I have no idea about where to even begin with printmaking. Hence the fact that it is important for me to venture beyond the comforts of the paint brush and perhaps develop another artistic skill. I no doubt have held fast to the methods and techniques of Beardsley so that I may apply them to my own.
Besides Beardsley, there is one more artist that I have utterly fallen in love with. I am shamefully uncertain as to the artist’s name, but I will assume that it is Nebo Peklo. Though I believe it is two artists that have this site, I am still uncertain. I’m sure I could do 30 seconds of research and find out, but I dont feel like it. I wont go into details as to why they inspire me, but it seems rather obvious….theyre freakin brilliant!! And theyre my new found glory….(the link above takes you to their site).
Those of you whom actually received mine and Jonathan’s wedding invitations will see that we used some work by these brilliant artists to make our invites…(can I admit that?)
CORRECTION:
“Nebo Peklo” is ONE artist = Natalie. Her brilliance has spurred new things in my artistic life which cannot be put into words. She is by far one of my most admired artists….her stuff is well worth the peak!! That 30 seconds of research seems rather worth it now….sorry!!
