PRINTMAKING AND YOU
Please help me out, this is for my thesis and I need responses! Pretty please with a cherry on top?
// So If also you didn’t know..//
Tomorrow, I am teaching entirely solo. 
Teaching Kitchen Litho + Blind Contour Drawing.
This week is going to be VERY interesting.
Portrait on litho stone (Taken with instagram) wip. we’ll see what the print on paper looks like…
// More Recently…//
This past weekend had the openings for the ATTENTION: corcoran print portfolio 2012 and Excellence in Printmaking. We’ve gotten great notes from many that the Attention opening was fantastic and the show was even better than years before. While the Excellence was also a strong show, no one from the corcoran was selected as grand prize (which is disappointing because they gave us a shout out for having the most innovative work at our age.) Alas.
In other news, I have a few things up my sleve for unveiling soon. More prints more screen prints. Hopefully i’ll get around to doing a few massive lithos.
Also, totally going to SGCI, any one else?
Ball Grain Lithography Plates.
I’m doing a large multiple portrait series, of every one that i communicate with. Also, i the way we counter reflect is apart of it.
This is Magdalene. She’s our Charles Brand Lithography Press. She’s my darlin. She lives at the Corcoran College of Art + Design georgetown campus. Shes a shortie, so we get along.
// I love amazon. //
So my MAT (Masters in Art Teaching ) thesis is going to be Printmaking and how it can further enrich the art curriculum. I SO JUST ORDERED 47$ of BOOKS on JUST PRINTMAKING, its going to be christmas all month.
I got the tamarind book (the old vers.) and the complete printmaker book too the one from 1978 AND the 1995 edition (on top of 5 other books) . I LOVE seeing the differences over time. I’m just hoping Amazon ships these books out in the next week or two. I NEED TO GET READING ASAP.
i told you i’d use this gif again.
Anyways, I’ve entered work into the DC art bank and crossing my fingers they’ll want some of my work.
I’ve been on a stall, not enough time in the day to work on my own stuff. I’ll soon just pull late nights and disregard sleep again, so eventually you’ll see more finished prints and maybe the selfportrait printed soon. (Seeing as that needs to be submitted by the end of the month. oops)
Litho reduction. This dang Stone is 34x24; I like the brilliant lithographer that I am, managed to close the stone with SILVER ink, a no no. So of course seeing as it’s a black slate reduction… IT WASN’T CO OPERATING… luckily after a few hrs of performing lithographic ER maneuvers I fixed it and managed to reduce. SCORE!
// Super Senior Part 2//
Well, I’ve begun the 5th year of my BFA / MAT program and officially now a graduate! Wooo! Its so far been exciting and a whole lot of work. I know i’ll get used to it but geez, i didn’t think i’d over booked. Buuuuut i did.
Art News:
I have work at the Corcoran Gallary of Art gift shop and its so far sold a few prints (apparently) Here’s to hoping for an extra boost in promo!
I’ll be in an Southern Graphics International print portfolio for this year. Pretty stoked although its going to be a 20x24in print. crap, better get cracking.
Also, I’ll be head minioning and printing for the corcoran print portfolio… obviously i love to print.
So far i’ve been working on that illustration »»>
Its Done, now its to print and debate if i’ll make it wall paper or not. Will take for - ev- er. Alas.
I still haven’t finished that 24x30in litho stone, dang trying to be an overacheiver ;D
I have a lino cut series im working on and i have a few plots for prints, but nothing done so far.
I’ve been working for several local artists and such so hopefully all of that EXP. will come in handy when i go to settle down on what i want to do forever.
SO, work is going to slowly stream in and also as i digitize all of my work.
Thanks for tumblr’in
EDIT( THIS GIF IS AWESOME. USE IT FOREVER.)
Visions. I- IV. 2010. found lithographic photoplates.
Its the Anxiety that Kills us. 2011. Varied Edition Stone Lithograph
Still haven’t worked on reducing it… soon. soon.
From the Studio of the Corcoran college of art and design: Tell me this isn’t glorious. Its the large roller (about 23in wide…) rolled up with this faaaaaaaaaaaaabulous chrome silver ink. Its beauuuutiful. I was the first one to break this roller in. Its name? Harriet. :) Shes our lovely curvy lady.
“Anxiety only kills us both” Stone Lithograph. 2011
its a working edition, i’m doing a reduction and hopefully by the end i’ll have a great reduced print. I dont think i’ve been THIS excited about a print ever. i’m in love with my print.
WIP: it’s the first proof off the 24x34 inch stone. This sucker I huge. It hasn’t been used in what’s guestimated 10 years. It’s going to be a reductive but to really keep a record think I’m going to do working editions..
/excited/
Hey Ladies and Gents!
I’m helping managing the Corcoran Print Portfolio…
Come to our opening if you’re in the DC area!
its at 87 Florida- on 87 florida- NW DC.
Big party!
