Archive for October, 2008
A Few Photos of Our Printing Session at the Press
Tonight I finished the limited edition run of the lily. The edition consists of 5 handpulled gravure prints. I thought it might be fun to bring my camera along so here are photos from our printing session.
I use scrap pieces of matboard to ink the plate. I mixed the sepia etching ink [...]Lily on Gravure in Sepia
I’m really enjoying the sepia ink. It reminds me of the color of Palladium prints. Tonight I realized a couple of things about gravure printing. One is to forget about my expectations for an image, and let the image print itself. The second is to exercise a form of controlled abandon when inking plates allowing [...]
Sand Pattern on Salted Paper
It has been really nice working with salted paper again. Today I made another test print using an image from my sand pattern series. I’m thinking of printing more from the series on salt rather than gravure. This is a single coat of silver on Arches Platine. The image was exposed for 22 minutes followed [...]
Cloud Formation on Salted Paper
I’m so excited about getting my darkroom set up I decided to revisit the Salted Paper Process. I haven’t made a Salted print since 2005. But over the last few days I’ve been seeing certain photographs on Salt so I waited until I just couldn’t stand it anymore and then brewed up a batch. [...]
Wheel, Death Valley wins Finalist and Legacy Award
My mother called today with news of my award letter
Testing out the Uniframe
At Huberto’s recommendation, we stopped by Artisans art supply in Taos to pick up materials. They have a great selection of supplies there to include solar plates on steel and copper. I stocked up on etching inks, and bought a roll of Japanese Kozo paper for printmaking. While I was there, I [...]
Cyanotype on Fabric Reloaded
Today I sensitized fabric with Cyanotype and printed the Eggslicer. I like how the image rendered on fabric. The image was exposed for 140 seconds and was developed in vinegar for 2 minutes. I bleached the image in ammonia and then toned it in pyrogallic acid. It feels good to [...]
Cyanotype Testing on Hahnemuhle Copperplate 300gsm
Now that I have my darkroom set up in San Luis, I can get back to Cyanotype printing again. I haven’t made any Cyanotypes since leaving Jerome in August. I’ve been using Hahnemuhle Copperplate 300gsm for gravure and really love the paper. It is slightly off white like the color of milk, [...]
Photograms in Gravure
Last week marked the one year anniversary of my surgery and the end of a major illness. I continue to sort through that experience reflecting on how my illness impacted me and what I want to create for myself now. I had those feelings in mind when I made these two images last Sunday.
Both images [...]
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