Archive for February, 2009
A test plate using the Nuarc plate burner
Here we are with a test plate made today using the Nuarc plate burner.
Polymer KM-43, 9 units exposure with the transparency, 9 units exposure with the aquatint screen, washout using a sponge, baked in a UV box.A cropped section of the plate…
Nuarc Plate Burner
Jim picked up the exposure unit from Takach in Albuquerque today. The unit is sweet and I can’t wait to burn plates with it.
Here she is in the driveway…… and here’s Jim installing the face plate…
A new plate burner for my studio
We just got a call this morning from David at Takach Press about a Nuarc plate burner that he found for us. The unit is a Nuarc FT-26 flip top with a mercury vapor light source. It’s a used unit in good working order, pulling a strong 20psi. We’re headed for Albuquerque [...]
Another way to use your old phonebook
The cool thing about printmaking is you don’t necessarily need a press to make prints. We still have a couple of weeks to go before the press arrives. I really felt like printmaking today so I decided to give my Japanese baren a try. Here we are with a lo-fi monotype made with water based [...]
Photos of my printmaking studio in Taos
We’ve just about finished setting up my printmaking studio. It’s located in the casita next to the main house. There’s a lounge, an ink station, matting and framing area, and I’m utilizing the kitchen for processing plates. My enlarger is in the kitchen area too for silver printing. The space is [...]
Two pinhole-cyanotypes for the show at Soho Photo
My work arrived in NYC yesterday for the 16th Annual Members’ Krappy Kamera Exhibition. The show runs March 3 – April 4, 2009 at Soho Photo Gallery, 15 White Street, New York, NY. The opening is Tuesday, March 3, 6-8pm. The gallery is open Wednesday-Sunday, 1-6pm.
From the press release:
“The sixteenth Annual Members’ [...]Pinholes from the San Luis Valley
My studio in Ranchos is really coming together. I was able to utilize some very old plantation shutters that I brought with me from my old house in Jerome. They fit perfectly in the bank of windows in the studio. Our friend Jerry, a talented furniture maker in Questa, is building the table for my [...]
Obamicon
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Zero Image on the High Road
Here we are with San José de Gracia de Las Trampas mission church in Las Trampas, NM. The village was established in 1751, and the church was completed in 1780. When we arrived, locals were gathering in the chapel behind the church for Mass. The Major Domo told us the church is [...]
Shoshone, Cal