Thursday, October 15, 2009

lovers popes and strange fruit for exchange 42

The Pope Card has been editioned

I'm currently printing the Lovers edition. This is a proof. A proof is a test print pulled to make sure my registration is correct and checking to see if any changes need to be made to the plates before I print an edition.

I'm currently carving the Chariot Keyline block

Just finished designing the Strength Card. The next digital collage will be The Hermit.

Baren 42 exchange participants may not want to go beyond this point!


the linoleum cut moons

printing paper moons

printed paper moons

paper moon with paste placed on plexi

substrate place over paper moon

plexiglass with substrate and paper moon being run through an etching press; in a process called Chine Colle the moons will be fused to the substrate with great pressure.

paper moon fused to substrate

a plethera of chine colle paper moons drying

inking up the linoleum cut strange fruit plate

the freshly inked linoleum plate will be run through the etching press with the chine colle paper moon substrate atop it.

the linoleum plate with a freshly pulled print

Strange Fruit, size 3" x 9", mixed media relief print, edition: 38
The above is 3 prints out of an edition of 38 prints. This means that 38 prints were close enough to being exactly the same.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Lovers, Choppers and a Community Painting

Bursts of Activity

The community painting created at the Alley Arts Festival this weekend. At first it was hard to get someone to pick up a brush and contribute to this painting but once the first person started dabbing others started painting into it as well.

Visitors age 2-92 at the Alley Arts Festival took part and made their marks.


"Strange Fruit" the digital sketch for a mixed media print project. I'll relief print the treeline and skeleton atop the chine colle'd moon that will be fused to dark blue fine art printmaking paper.


The Keyline for The Lovers. The next step is to transfer the keyline to 3 or 4 "Shina" plywood for the color plates.


This is my digital sketch for the next card in the series The Chariot.


video
Video of the Alley Arts Community Painting. Can you spot the chicken in the brush?


The photo above is from my other blog about my biggest distractions to art making:

Life Outside the Studio Window

Saturday, September 12, 2009

2nd Saturday Artwalk

If you're out and about for the 2nd Saturday Artwalk come by say Hi and sling some paint onto the canvas I'll have in progress here!!! Find out just how much fun painting to live music is!!!

2ndSat.ArtWalk:

final

ALLEY ARTS FESTIVAL 2009

Last one of the 2009 Season

Host: KLSCstudio, Doolittle Properties, and Bridge To Art

Type: Music/Arts - Concert

Price: FREE

Date: Saturday, September 12, 2009

Time: 5:05pm - 10:05pm

Location: In the Alley behind 1812

Street: I Street

City:: Sacramento, CA

Description

Come check the final 2ndSat. ALLEY ARTS FESTIAL w/a Great Live Music Show and Artist Pavillion tonight, Sept. 12th with the SoulShakers (BluesRock), Jambination (East Indian, World) and Todd Morgan & The Emblems (Swing, DooWop) (6-10PM) in the Alley behind 1812 I Street in Sacramento, CA 95811
www.myspace.com/toddmorganandtheemblems
http://www.myspace.com/jambination
http://profile.bandpump.com/soulshakers