Explore, etching & aquatint, 4" x 6" Multiple plate etching and aquatint. I started the work as demo to my DVC etching class around right after Shelter in Place order was implemented. I thought this assignment will give students work at home, but then turned out students cannot come back…
Concept to completion of my Oracles print. The original sketch started out very simple and for a different project. When I decided to use this concept for Print Day in May it took on a mind of it’s own. I believe the current world climate unconsciously dripped into my progress…
Hi Fellow Printmakers! Believe it or not, I started printing around 8am PDT this morning and just closed down my baby press a few minutes ago. I'm sure a few of you know the feeling, so I won't go into details. Although I got my lovely little used Blick press…
Today I was experimenting making coloured monotypes with no ink, for the first time. I used paprika, leaves, scilla and curry. I enjoyed it and can't wait to perfect my new technique. I would title them "Hope" or "Flight".
I’ve been working on this project for weeks, but I did all of the printing today, using mounted linoleum blocks, Speedball screen printing ink, a foam rubber roller, an old bedsheet, my living room floor, and my foot.
I cut this block in 2015 during my mother's battle against breast cancer. She passed on a week after I finished cutting and at the time I couldn't bring myself to proof the plate. In fact I wasn't creative at all for a time. Now with the Corona virus and…
Hello from Thirroul on the east coast of Australia. I work from the Barracks Art Studios Thirroul which is very near to my house. It is an enclosed space that does not allow any other people access except for we 5 artists and 1 artist in residence. Mostly I am…
It is Red Bud time, a May Day moment here in Maryland, so there are bursts of fuchsia light along the sunny sides of woods. But other delicate and tender things keep coming out and filling in and soon their very own leaves will push the blossoms off. This print…
Plexiglass drypoint hand printed by spoon. From DVC Print Studio. This was my demo for DVC Etching classes today via zoom. Since Shelter-in-place order, students are not allowed to come to studio. One of assignments I gave was plexiglass drypoint with Akua ink handprinted by spoon, so students are all…