Sunday, July 29, 2012

Late Summer






















July 28, 2012
7"x5"
2-plate Block Print

I pulled part of this small edition yesterday as I had a small window to print before we had company at the house.  The color is almost perfect and I should have the entire print run pulled by the end of the week.

Thursday, July 26, 2012

VT Yankee Series 1














July 25, 2012
Monotype
6"x9"

Went to SPA in Barre last night and had this grand idea of what I wanted to print but had to scrap my original idea.  This was going to be another attempt at a Rorschach landscape but it proved problematic and printed it as a lone image.

At the end of the night I came up with three decent prints and have decided to not use this as a template for a blockprint, but will work into the original drawing as source material for a carving.

The third print in this series is starting to become interesting as the color and agitated marks are starting to get at the core of the message I have had in my head.  The original working title for this series is 'Tritium Leaks' but these prints are not quite where I want them to be.

VT Yankee Series 2













July 25, 2012
Monotype
6"x9"

With this one I worked right into the ghost of the first print with the goal of leaving enough ink on the plate for the third print.  That worked, but what happened is i reverted to this proto-cubist style of constructing the picture that was a little surprising.  At first I did not like it but it is growing on me...

VT Yankee Series 3















July 25, 2012
Monotype
6"x9"

This was the last of the bunch and might be the most successful.  I am not happy with the sky but it has the agitated feel that I was looking for. All in all, not a bad night of printing at SPA.


Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Early Snow (proof)
















July 24, 2012
Block print
4'x5"

Pulled a couple of proof prints of this block and am very pleased.  I need to carve a little bit in the sky and some of the trees as a few lines are a little heavy.  Plan to design and start to carve the color block this weekend if time permits.  Also pulled 17 color prints for a small edition of another block, should pull the key block over the small run this weekend as well. 


Monday, July 23, 2012

Lake Winnipesaukee

July 22, 2012
Pencil on paper
3.5"x5.75"
I was on vacation this weekend at my sister-in-laws family lake house. The views were not very dramatic and peppered with lake-houses, but this came out rather well in the end. Wrote down a few words as well...

Making Meaning
Gentle morning making
Lake Winnipesaukee

Blockprint Carving

July 21, 2012
Plank-cut maple and Pen
4"x5"

I don't usually post a document of my carvings but this one was rather pretty and once I ink it up they are just a gray mess.  Plan to print some proofs this week!