Out and About Printmaker

The Studio was somewhat neglected for friends, family, good fall weather out doors and making apple sauce. I didn't take the copper plates for any tramps in the woods or beaches this week. Instead I took a break and I enjoyed people instead. I snapped a lot of pictures and choose a few that I would not normally show the public unless I incorporated them in a photo collage. Here are a few photos of the stuff I love to take pictures of, from this week.

As for "One With Copper" I set up a photo shoot in the studio. I have some wonderful canvas mono-printed ferns in the studio. I am seriously thinking about sewing them together into a big mural size print. Only problem I do not have the wall space or floor space to work on the idea. The top image would most likely be woodblock . Maybe somehow I will incorporate the idea into this show. I have a list of theme ideas, but have not settled on anything. Nothing cuts to the heart yet. I used a canvas piece for the background when I tried to stack up the plates. I experimented with magnets to try to hold the plates together, instead of stacking. It didn't work.





57 plates are filed and sanded!
















I did get a pile of newsprint riped up and sized for the press, in order to start deciding on how to place the plates on paper. However that is as far as I progressed in that direction.

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In the Studio: another color was printed on "Love Thy Bum" (wood subtraction) and I resolved the background for "Flying High" (woodcut). I collected birch bark for a texture idea for the copper plates. I ended up inking it up for a back ground texture in "Flying High".

I love the look of the piece of birch bark after I cleaning the ink off with cooking oil.




HAPPY THANKS GIVING EVERYONE

Here on PEI, we are being promised good weather and I hope to get out and enjoy it!