My original photo from the North End pushcarts and the 12 x 12" block cut and waiting for access to a press and some inkCut & Ready to Print (5-color Reduction Block)
My original photo from the North End pushcarts and the 12 x 12" block cut and waiting for access to a press and some ink
Daido Moriyama
I finally searched for more on this artist after seeing a great fishnet photo at the Photographic Figures exhibit. His website has a lot of images and even an ongoing diary of his work... I like him more already. The photographs are gritty and beautifully depressing, but also cropped, patterned and have lots of contrast. Moriyama's subject matter varies from face-less figures to environments - this one looks similar to the prints I just made. He shoots like a contemporary William Klein and Henri Cartier-Bresson - see the video.How to Create a Beautiful Picture 3: Tiles of Aizuwakamatsu, 1987
Overlapping Prints
Frustrated with the exactness of the jig... experimenting with more overlapping, colors, and ghost printing.
Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice
Squishy flesh!From the embroidered robes to creased tablecloths, the drapery and detail of the textiles had me almost hitting my nose on the canvas.
The idea of a painting rivalry that pushed for innovation is clearly evident and seemingly ideal.
http://www.mfa.org/venice
Tintoretto
Susannah and the Elders, (about 1555-56)
Framed Bike Flip
Checking out what the recent print looks like in a white frame.This will probably stay up for Open Studios next weekend (May 2-3).
I really liked the white-on-white look after seeing it here.
Not sure how the cheap frame would hold up for the thesis.
(I'm a tad afraid to hold it from just the wood sides.)
Yellow and Blue
This color combo is on the edge of repulsive... it's growing on me.I am getting better with the ink/pressure combo (on right). Having the right blanket for the press helps!
An interesting thing that bold translucency.
16 x 20" Faint Prints
Not familiar with the large press in the studio, these prints aren't quite right.These first trials are much too faint...
they certainly aren't as bold as the smaller ones I made on the proofing press.
I need to alter the pressure/ink amount.
Printmaking Studio Access!
Monday: 9-1am, 6:30-10pmTuesday: 9am-10pm
Wednesday: 1-3pm, 5:15-10pm
Thursday: 1-10pm
Friday: 9-4pm
Saturday/Sunday: 12-6pm
(April 20: 12-6pm)
Designing/Building the Jig
I found that just placing the blocks on the press made a bit of a gap between pieces.Trying to design/make something to squeeze the blocks together
yet still be able to remove and move each woodcut around has been the latest challenge.
It needs to be thin enough to go through the press, yet have a screw secure it.
Sturdy enough to squeeze the wood tight, yet able to be moved to remove the blocks.
It's a monster (not a fun hike to campus), but it seems to work okay.
Printing Long, Repeating Strips
I would like this more if they reflected into each other as in earlier posts.What if these were really long and hung down from ceiling to floor...? (Links back to the fabric design-like images I had printed earlier.)
Or... horizontally in layers of different colored stripes? These might look good following corners or bends in walls.
Either way, I would not be bound by the width of the press - just the length of paper.
Improvisional Woodcuts
Not liking this 16 x 20" print so much...I like the overlapping, but I think it is almost too symmetrical - reminds me too much of butterfly wings. Ugh.
The blue does make for an interesting almost-border.
If I printed it again, I wouldn't have the 2 center images reflect.
The First of the Combined Prints
Not existing in just Photoshop any longer!This worked out pretty much how I had envisioned - 1 piece of paper, but with just 2 blocks this time.
I need to make a jig or find some way to squeeze in each block more - they're not completely lined up in the center.
Slightly black/brown bleed print onto 16 x 20" tan paper. Printing a ghost image underneath/on top would make it more interesting, too. This is big, but might look better really big.
Shellac Test/Composite Beginings
Shellac, cut, soon to shellac again, and print.The shellac is supposed to give a crisper line and make inking and clean-up easier.
8 x 10" test for larger composite image (16 x 20") print.
I plan to print this onto another block
in order to create the mirror image.
(I could use 4 separate blocks to display at the end, but... I'll see how this goes first.)
Brainstorming More Concept Ideas
Or... I could do 1 very large image, but chop it up into 4 different vertical blocks.These would make for nice reduction pieces...
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