tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136735382011-12-07T23:55:37.644-08:00A Printmaking blog exploring current issues in the fine art of printmaking.Mnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1601100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-59920844438121362462007-06-12T16:47:00.000-07:002007-06-17T12:15:02.232-07:00

Last Wednesday, I went with a friend to the opening of Matisse as a sculptor at the SFMOMA. Note to self: never go to an opening at SFMOMA. There were so many people. I am surprised that none of the sculptures fell off the podium. I thought the exhibition was nice. I liked how the sculptures were displayed along with some of his paintings, drawings, and paper cut outs. It really brought life and

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Well, I finally made it to the Eight by Eight: 64 works on paper by eight printmakers. I didn't make it to the opening because my friends had extra tickets to see Bright Eyes which was a disappointing concert. The show was at the Market Street Gallery. Getting there was a bit of a pain because I had to walk through some sketchy neighborhoods, but I was fine. The gallery itself is in a nicer

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Ancient "Royal Temple" Discovered in Path of Ireland HighwayNational Geographic NewsJames Owen Artifacts unearthed at the site include a stone axe head, a pottery fragment, and an ornamental pin. An ancient buried dog was also excavated nearby. Archaeologists say the monument probably formed part of an important ceremonial complex centred on the Hill of Tara, where remains date back to the Stone

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My friend Nels is currently in South Africa to observe and learn new printmaking techniques. He is also there to try an be an liason between Prof. Joel Elgin (our printmaking instructor at UWL) and the local art community in order to set up a print exchange to showcase african art at an exhibition at the university. Exciting stuff indeeed! So, since he hasn't sent any photo's yet, I thought it

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The Power of Women of a Certain AgeFrom artblog by libbyPost by Andrea KirshI saw another eye-opener at Susan Teller Gallery (not far from the Drawing Center, at 568 Broadway, 212 941-7335), a small overview, not quite a retrospective, of Anne Ryan’s work. Ryan is best known for the collages she made after 1948 when she saw an exhibition of Kurt Schwitters’ work. A couple of these used to be on

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Sol LeWitt, whose deceptively simple geometric sculptures and drawings and ecstatically colored and jazzy wall paintings established him as a lodestar of modern American art, died last month in New York at the age of 78. Sol Lewitt made some of the first prints at Crown Point Press and here is a tribute for him from Kathan Brown from her 3 minute egg series.

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8 X 8 PRINTMAKING SHOW Market Street Gallery (1554 Market Street, San Francisco) EXHIBITION: MAY 1st - 31stRECEPTION: Friday, May 4th6:00 PM - 9:30 PM8 x 8 is a traveling show of works on paper of eight West Coast women printmakers who work in various printmaking media such as Intaglio, Monotype, and Chine Colle. The show will showcase 64+ fresh works in print that incorporate

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My beloved Professor Joel and his Lynched friend have set up an online exhibit between the two universities of University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and University at Albany. It's a very exciting opportunity for the L.Mob to get together and check out what each other have been doing.ENTER HEREWhile graduate printmaking students at Iowa, Brian Lynch and Joel Elgin, took a course in the Art Museum/

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(c) Chloe Piene, 2006 Big Hands Etching and aquatint 11.75" x 10" image, 17.75" x 16" sheet Current price: $1,500Chloe Piene was at the Lower East Side print shop towards the end of last year. I've only seen this one print, so I'm not sure if she made more than one edition. I hope she did.I get the Lower East Side newsletter, and I'm always excited when I do. Reading it makes me want to go to New

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I found a great little website called Carbonmade: Your online portfolio.It's a great way to get your art put online really fast and for free without advertisements. I like the layout, and it allows enough space for me to keep my work for now.Some other great services are similar to myspace such as:Deviant Artists-a great place to get to know other student artists and make fun connections through

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I love Union Square in San Francisco. There are about 30 galleries within the radius of a few blocks ranging from contemporary to the good old Mattise, Chagall and so on. When the Great comes, I hope to show her some of my favorites. I've recently been admiring the Chagalls on display. His prints are so beautiful. Also, Miro's prints have struck an interest in me. Today at Union Square in SF

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Julio Valdez's printed oeuvre attests to the significant role that printmaking can play in artist's career. Since1988, Valdez has made nearly 50 editioned prints, at least as many related proofs, and over 100 monotypes. His experimental mixture of techniques and openness to new processes continue to expand his creative program and the technical range of his work in all mediums.Check out Julio

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WINONA STATE UNIVERSITYPO BOX 5838WINONA, MN 55987RESPONSIBILITIES: Fixed-term Instructor or Asst. Professor to teach Art Foundations, University Studies and Printmaking. Art Foundations includes 2-D Design and Drawing I. University Studies includes a large enrollment Experiencing Art or Intro to Art as well as a Drawing course designed for Science majors. Additional responsibilities may include

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Print freaks...time again to get ready for the annual print zero exchange!!!!Hello Printmakers,It's time for the annual Print Zero Studios Print Exchange #5.Last year we had 285 printmakers from 18 countries participate,and the show traveled to 4 states. We thank you for your pastparticipation and hope that you will once again take part.Now onto the prospectus.PRINT ZERO STUDIOS - PRINT EXCHANGE

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Clay Mono-prints with Mitch Lyons- August 1st - 15th As you know I went to Skopelos, Greece last year for a printmaking workshop. I would go back in a heart beat. Not only are the facilities of the printshop wonderful, but Jill and Gloria are wonderful people who took time out everyday to ask us if we were doing alright and made us frappachino's. The workshop is on a beautiful Island with

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A Two-Week Solar Printmaking Workshopwith Maureen Booth in the Andalusian SunYou'll be taken with solar-plate printmaking; everybody is. This two-week intensive workshop with Maureen Booth in solar-plate techniques also includes some innovative relief techniques based on liquid metal.Studio located in Sierra Nevada foothills, river below with nightingales, wonderful area for walks and sketching.

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Katarina Vavrová is a very talented painter and graphic artist from Slovakia. Her work is highly poetical, imaginative, dreamlike and very suggestive. The quality of detail and draughtsmanship is extraordinarily well visible. The motives have their roots in literature and arts, historical events and persons. One can see traces from biblical events and from the time of the great discoveries, but

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While I was farming in Italy, I came across a book of an exhibition of artists who created kites. Paul Wunderlich was one of the artists, and I fell in love with his work after doing some more research on him. Some surprising information I found out was that Horst Janssen switched from lithography to etching as a pupil under Paul Wunderlich and later regarded Wunderlich as a rival. How surprising

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I'm embarking on a new adventure. I'm teaching myself how to do woodblock printing using Gabor Peterdi's methods. I didn't remember that he had a section in his book about woodblock printing until I was searching through it yesterday. I really like his instructions and I think it will be enough to get me started. So, I went out and bought some materials that I didn't have which was a lot of fun.

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Check out the new print pod with short videos of printmakers, techniques and exhibits. Blogger is now new and improved. I like the new additions to the new blogger. I finally get to add labels which was my biggest complaint of all. Plus now they have new fun"widgets" to add and I love that blogger and Google have merged (even though I oppose merging). I like googles feature, reader labs, which

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Available March 27, 2007It looks like Kathan Brown of Crown Point Press has written another bookMagical Secrets about Line Etching & Engraving: The Step-by-Step Art of Incised Lines. This time it is more about technical skills rather than creative thinking (Magical Secrets about Thinking Creatively: The Art of Etching and the Truth of Life). I was browsing through Crown Point Press summer

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According to U.S. News the top ten best graduate schools for printmaking are:1.University of Wisconsin-Madison2.University of Iowa (#1?)3.Arizona State University4.University of Georgia5.University of Tennesee-Knoxville6.School of the Art Institute Chicago (pardon moi...printmedia)7.University of Texas-Austin 8.Cranbrook Academy of Art (MI) (excuse me...print/media)9. Rutgers State University-New

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Lisa Kokin is a bay area artist of whose work I really like. I especially like her book collages. If there was ever a way of showing you what hip bay area art is, it would be this lady's work. I have been noticing for a couple of years now that the most fashionable art is made up of junk from thrift shops.You have to check out her webpage because it is one of the best artists web page I have ever

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"I am trying to intensify my feeling for the organic rhythm of all things, to achieve pantheistic empathy with the throbbing and flowing of nature's bloodstream in trees, in animals, in the air."Franz Marc was born on February 8, 1880 Me was born on February 8, 1980Besides Franz Mark and I having a similar birthday, Marc was an influence to me as an undergrad. He was introduced

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You have to check this womans work out:Audrey NiffeneggerThe month of January was productive in that I got a lot of reading done. A way to escape my personal problems, I buried myself into "The Kite Runner", "The Memory Keepers Daughter", "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time", "Eighty Acres", "Middlesex", "Running with Scissors", "The Secret Life of Bees", "The God of Small Things

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Dasha Shiskin "Sausage Princess Dies and What it means for the Folks", 2005 Etching. Edition of 400, 18 x 24 inchesINTERNATIONAL PRINT CENTER NEW YORKNEW PRINTS 2007/WINTERGlad to see that IPCNY winter prints are up for viewing. It's always interesting to see what is "hip" with the "Art/Print" world. A great aspect of this web page is the ability to know who actually makes their own prints and

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Final Print: Raping DarfurI was browsing the the printblogs and wanted to point out to you, if you have not yet seen it, Annie's final woodblock print which is an extremely strong print that you have to check out. Also, she shows the process that it took for her to get to the final print.

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Deadline: February 10, 2007"Los Angeles Printmaking Society 19th National Exhibition" call for entries (Posted: 1/9/07) -- The Los Angeles Printmaking Society announces a call to artists for its 19th National Exhibition, held September 15 - October 28, 2007 at the Riverside Art Museum (Riverside, CA). Open to USA and Canadian printmakers. Original work in all printmaking media. LAPS will not

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Have Press. Will Travel.Drive-By Press is a completely mobile printmaking studio built to promote the growth and democratization of art through printmaking.Drive-By Press was created to bring the practice of printmaking to schools, groups, and communities with out the facilities or printmaking backgrounds. This fall our journey across America begins on the East coast where we will be printing

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Just when you thought we pulled out all thestops…The folks who brought you the incrediblysuccessfulPrints Gone Wild print fair give you:WIDE WORLD OF SPORTSAnother bad-ass print show by Cannonball pressFeaturing the 13 foot Donkey Basketball WoodcutEquestrian Statue!!!!!!Opening receptionFriday, November 10th, 6pm—10pmShow run: November 10th—November 25thSupreme Trading213 N. 8th St.

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An Utagawa Kuniyoshi print from about 1845, at the International Fine Print Dealers Association Fair.Article Tools Sponsored ByBy THE NEW YORK TIMESPublished: November 3, 2006You can have all your precious paintings and drawings. Prints — gorgeous, infinitely varied, shockingly affordable — are really where it’s at. Or at least they are this week with the International Fine Print Dealers

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I just got back back from San Francisco and I have to say what a wonderful day it was. There were so many people out today. It was a beautiful fall day. There also were a lot of tourists around. I've never seen SF so packed before. Anyways the main reason I went was to check out my friend Weston Teruya's show at the Patricia Sweetow gallery. You must go see his work in person if have not already

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"Death Chasing a Flock of Mortals"etching and drypoint1896James Ensor (1860-1949) Lifetime achivement of 133 etchings.There was an interesting article in recent Art on Paper magazine about Tom Firmans 200 piece collection of Ensor prints. Tom first saw Ensors famous painting "Christ's entry into Brussels in 1889 and became thoroughly impressed by the artist. Later in New York he bought his first

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I got a recent email from Linda Goodman who wants to open up her studio to experienced printmakers. If you are interested just leave a comment and I'll get you in touch with her.I am trying to get the word out to artists I haveenjoyed working with that I am opening my Emeryville, California, etching and litho studio to experienced printmakers or those seeking instruction with ample open studio. I

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I forgot to share with you some prints that my little sisters did. Last time I was home I taught my little sisters how to do woodblock printing. It was really fun to see what their reation would be to a process like this. My older sister (13), who is very much like me, loved carving the wood, and she carved a lot of woodcuts, but when it came to printing she wasn't all that excited. Infact she

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Recently I opened up my charcoal box. I have not opened it since December 2003; the last time I had a drawing class with Joel. I smelled the inside and all of a sudden a wave of old memories came back. I grabbed a stick and put it to paper. A wave of euphoria came over me and I quickly sketched the first four prints below. It felt so good. I only have one stick of charcoal left, so next time I go

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I've started to write poetry lately. One because of my bookmaking/letterpress class and two because it seems to aid in making my art work. I've been thinking a lot lately about how artists create their art. What is their inspiraton and how do they execute it. It is always different for everybody, but it occurs to me that most people these days have a system of rules that they work off of. I seem

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Here is an artist that I really like. He came to Berkeley and worked with Paulson Press to produce some wonderful prints. I really like the mysterious dark imagery that he produces, but I also his use of symbolism and the way he manages to keep a consistent form of art making no matter what medium he might be using. Some of his prints of Enrique Martinez Celaya at Paulson PressHis own wedsite

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Enrique Chagoya, Liberty, 2006 - Jacquard Tapestry, 72 x 74 in. Edition of 8Enrique Chagoya playfully examines contemporarycultural and internal borders in his first tapestry,Liberty. The work is a unique original, translated froma composite of collaged, painted, and drawn elementsassembled digitally by Chagoya and Magnolia Editionsco-director Donald Farnsworth. Chagoya’s trademarkwit and

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3/4 TIME OPPORTUNITYKala Art Institute (Berkeley, California)Printmaking Studio ManagerPrintmaking Studio:Candidate must possess strong people skills, daily interaction with varying artists within a multicultural environment. Maintain and assure that all printmaking supplies and equipment are in good working order; research new equipment, research new supplies and new media for existing equipment

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I'm taking a bookmaking class this semester at the graduate level, and so far, I love it. This is a poem I wrote about a nightmare. This is just a first proof of the poem. I love letterpress. I love the process of putting the tiny letters into the holder and wrapping the string around the type to keep it in place. I love inking up the letters and printing onto the paper. I'm so excited everytime

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Odilon RedonL'Ailé(The Winged)lithograph in black ink on pale cream chine Appliqué with a white wove backing sheet, as issued1893David Tunick, Inkworks on paperI found a great little website who specialize in old master and modern prints and drawings from 1450 to 1950. The collection includes works by Rembrandt, Dürer, Picasso, and Matisse, among many others.

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Kathan BrownThe crown point presses new website features a virtual tour of the press, a webblog, video interviews with the artists, an interactive question and answer section, and ongoing ideas about thinking creatively. I really think you sould all check out the artist converstations. It helps me to listen to how other people talk about printmaking to realize my own thoughts.Here is the list of

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Still, 2006Color spit bite aquatint with flat bite, soft groundand hard ground etching on gampi paper chine colle26 1/2" x 31", Edition 20"Etching is somethingyou can spend yourlifetime learning about."—Kiki Smith , 2006Kiki Smith has been spending some time at Crown Point Press and seems to be working on a new series involving feet or legs. The above etching is quite provocative. There is

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Here is a closeup. The girls are going to be playing with entrails of the creatures. Then I hope to draw a man shoveling the gutted creatures to a woman at a spinning wheel. Hopefully on top of all of that I hope to incorporate negative space celtic patterning. I'm having problems choosing what colors I want to use. I want to use color that are hot and popular with designers and the only color i

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I started to draw some irish girls from the 1950's onto my wall, and i paintied the heads of the celtic creatures

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.flickr-photo { }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } ...untitled,originally uploaded by the3robbers. I was randomly searching through flickr when I bumped into this printmakers work. I really like his work a lot. They remind me of prints that dawn was creating her last semester.i

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With the help of my wonderful boyfriend, I finally got my studio finished. Now it just looks empty and white. I signed up for a draw to win a $500 studio make over. I never win those things, but it sure could come in handy considering that I have not a penny to my name after my Greek adventures. It was worth it, but I need a job now.I started dawing on my wall. My plan this semester is to work

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My New StudioThe new Hooper 2 graduate studios are now built, and I started to move in today. To my dismay they were not drywalled or painted for that is left up to us. You can imagine all the grumblings about this one. Anyways, I grabbed a bucket of paint and just started painting.After the first coat, I realized that I would need at least two more layers of paint, and a spackle job. I'm not

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Yesterday was my first day at school. I began by taking my Thesis seminar class with Ted Purves. This is going to be my schedule for the next year.September: Begin writing experiment for thesis.October: Complete 1st section/chapter of thesis in draft form.November: Candidacy reviews during first part of month (errr!!!) First draft thesis section due to thesis advisor. 12-

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Linden Langdon recently wrote a fun post about some printmaking students who printed a large print with lawn rollers at her school. Looks like it worked out great. I really like it when the class gets together to complete one project.Linden Langdon BlogThird year printmaking students from the University of Tasmania creating one big print using a lawn roller as a press.

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Lorg Printshop in Galway has just put up their new website.Lorg Printmakers

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Diamond point etching needles are amazing. I just bought this etching needle, and I am completely fascinated with how easy it is to draw onto metal. I've always avoided drypoint opting for etching, but I'm trying to get more health concious and drypoint is very safe. The tip of the needle is so tiny that I can barley see it, but that is good because I broke the tip off of my last needle.Coming up

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Happy Happy man If you have never been to Berkeley at the beginning of a semester, you should know about the Happy Happy Happy man. He is an 80 yr old man who stands for at least eight hours on top of a bucket yelling slowly and with broken-english articulation "haaaaapy....haaaapy.....haaaaapy" I'm not quite sure what it means but it does get people's attention. He holds up cardboard with

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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTFACULTY POOL AT CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTSPRINTMAKING DEPARTMENTJOB #1775August 2006THE COLLEGE:Founded in 1907, California College of the Arts is the largest regionally accredited, independent school of art and design in the western United States. Noted for the interdisciplinary nature and breadth of its programs, the college offers studies in eighteen majors in the

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I'm back again. Yes, back to the real world. Today I went to San Francisco to pick out my new studio which I won't be able to move into a week after school starts because it is still being constructed. I hope I picked the right one, but they really are all the same to me anyways. I met a woman who is also in the printmaking department. She seems really nice and seems to have also had the similar

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Hey people, I made it to Skopelos and it is beautiful. Can you believe they use donkeys to pick up garbage instead of trucks. There are chickens running wild and kittns and dogs are everywhere. We arrived last night and were given a proper welcome. We got kisses and hugs and a welcoming meal. BBQ chicken and pork and various dishes. Absoluutely delicious!!! Then we sang songs and learned to

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Off I go...so long farthee well printfreaks.

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Woodblock PrintmakingHere is a cool little video on woodblock printmaking!!!

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Galway is one of the most exciting and beautiful cities in all of Ireland. I am happy to find out that they have started a new printshop there. Next week, I'm leaving for Ireland again, and hope to go "printmaking spotting". I don't have very much time there before I head to Greece. I'm excited for Greece. I'm not sure what to expect. I have never been there and feel like it is more foreign than

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There is a really interesting article on Artblog about a printshop called Cannonball Press in Brooklyn, New York. The philosophy of Mike Houston and Martin Mazorra of Cannonball Press: "Inclusiveness and cooperation always get you further than elitism and exclusionism. By this age, I better have figured that one out. We think it's ridiculous that art is so costly. We understand fully why it is,

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I have found the perfect word for the core of all the art that I create: Wabi Sabi. I thought that there was no connection between my artworks, but this simple yet complex idea lies beneath all of my work. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete". This is how Rothko and Kathe Kollwitz work makes me feel. Even though the two artists are

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Did anyone get to Madison for Jake and Dinos Chapman: Disasters of War? This isn't what was on show at Madison, but if you read further down it says that the brothers bought Goya's disaster of war prints and reappropriated them. Personally, I think it is unacceptable to take Goya's prints and use them like a personal coloring book. It's disrespectful and childish to me. Some artists are just

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francesco clemente Francesco Clemente: Crown Point Press Pace Prints Article in CircaCategories: Allegory, Neo-expressionism, Transavantegarde.Italian-born artist, Francesco Clemente, is part of a group of Italian artists that returned to a figurative style of painting in the 1970s. Clemente draws from a multitude of sources, from Roman and Indian civilizations to astrology.

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ironartist For those of you who are fans of the "Iron Chef" here is an article from the New York Post about the "Iron Arist". I could see my old prof. J pulling this off in his class.Olav Westphalen, second from left, and his team won at "Iron Artist" at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center.A boisterous crowd filled the arena to cheer two pairs of sparring contenders, as two announcers egged on the

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There is a great article in the World Printmakers website about Lower East Side Printshop.

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The British cartoonist Martin Rowson updates the Hogarth jab in "Cocaine Lane" (2001). 

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During my first semester at CCA some of my viscosity work was compared to some prints David Lynch made. What an honor..I thought. I primarily know him as a great film maker, and I knew that he had done some art, but I didn't realize at that point that he had done some printmaking. It was a great suprise to me. There's a great little story that Prof. J tells us about a student who tried to chine

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Last week I went to my schools MFA show. It was really great to see everybodies final products that they have been working hard on for the last two years. Everybody seemed tired, excited, and well groomed. I can't wait next year for mine!!!2006 MFA thesis show California College of Art

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Chloe PieneSo, I've updated some contemporary artists that I like under the link contemporary artists on the side bar. I still haven't finished adding images, but at least the links are there for now. One artist I like is Chloe Pienes. Her work is beautiful. She manages to to pull in dark images with such subtle beauty that it is hard not to stare at her work in awe. This is something that I am

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Linda Goodman is offering a $250 discount on her monoprint workshop in Greece for people coming from my website. All you will need to do is refer to PF50506 when registering by mail or phone. She won't be going to Greece next year, and only needs three more people for this year. Experienced printmakers may use other non-toxic intaglio processes, woodcut,and computers in the pursuit of their own

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After getting a comment on my blog from Caligo Inks, I did a little bit of research. This Printmakers material blog has published some interesting information on Caligo Safe Wash Etching Inks and the Aqualine Inks. This blog makes me laugh. Sometimes I forget that there is a human behind our supplies. I like what he has to say about this past years conference in Madison. I think you can only get

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Linda Goodman asked me to assist her in her waterbased monotype class last weekend. I was excited to try out these new inks and compare them to the oil based inks. The oil based inks I used in her oil based class were the Handschy litho-inks . I've had a lot of experience with Handschy since these are the inks that Prof. J prefers to work with. My grad professors frowned on me using these inks,

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Born in Portugal, Paula Rego's work always has a sense of magical realism; quirky contemporary mythologies pointing to an underlying psychology and sexuality, through a feminine view point. The Fitting is a scene of fairytale romance turned nightmare. Reminiscent of Velasquez' Las Meninas, Paula Rego uses loaded imagery and symbolism to create a surreal mystery for the unravelling.

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My new work is heading in this direction. I was happy to find this artist. She uses all different types of printmaking methods to make these installations. Mine will be more figurative, and I plan to incorporate celtic designs as a code for mapping the memories in my life of the different places I have lived. I am interested in how immigrants memories are different to most people because we have

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In Jude Griebel’s paintings and prints, elements of storybook narrative and adult experience are combined to create scenes that have a foothold in both the real and imaginary. Regarding his work, Griebel states: “I am interested in how youths are able to project their imaginations onto domestic and everyday spaces, transforming and doubting the familiar. It is this state of questioning, anxiety

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Other workshops that Linda has coming up are in Italy and Greece. She asked me if I would like to be her assistant for the Greece Workshop. I was in such shock when she asked me, and I'm praying that it will work out. So, if any of you printfreaks want to hang out with me in Greece for a couple of weeks please come. Her workshops are great. She also said that they visit Athens for a day. Doesn't

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So to get my juices flowing once more, I decided to take a two day monoprint workshop with Linda Goodman. It was a great weekend. She spent a good time showing us her prints that she did. I really like it when printmakers take the time to do this. She showed us some black and white demo's and then we broke for lunch. After lunch, we worked on our own prints until 4:00pm. The next day, Linda spent

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A punkish man walked into our store Friday and asked for the frames his wife had gotten framed. I asked what her name was and he said "Adrianne Armstrong" I remembered excactly where that order was. I took another look at the young man and thought to myself that he looked so familiar. I pulled out the frames for him: both were charcoal grawings, and I asked him if it was him or his wife that had

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I registered for classes last Monday. I'm really excited for next Fall, and I can't wait to start school again. I have a lot of ideas, and I feel more comfortable about where my work is going. Here is what I signed up for:Graduate Critique class with James Gobel,Principles of Pattern. I'm hoping this class will help me somehow mesh celtic designs, map making, and memories together.Thesis Seminar

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This is one of the prints out of 36 that I am framing right now for an upcoming exhibit at the Institute of East Asian Studies. I love framing these prints they are just breathtaking. I have so much respect for Hideo Hagiwara.Mount Fuji is renowned worldwide as Japan's highest and most perfectly shaped mountain. Revered since ancient times by followers of both the Shinto and Buddhist faiths and

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AlbertaBanff-Banff CentreBritish ColumbiaVancouver-Malaspina Co-opVancouver-Dundarave Print WorkshopVancouver-New Leaf EditionsOntarioToronto-Open StudioQuebecMontreal-Atelier CirculaireTrois Rivieres-Atelier Presse Papier

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I had the best birthday this year. I got many cards in the mail, a package, e-mails, and a sweet e-card from Nels (thanks Nels). Today being the printfreak that I am, I decided to hit the printshops in San Francisco. The weather was beautiful 72degrees and sunny (my favorite temp.). The first printshop that I visited was Aurobora Press. I didn’t know anything about the press, and was anxious

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“Felix Harlan and Carol Weaver met as young printers at a print workshop in downtown Manhattan. When it closed, the couple founded their own printshop with a rented press, inherited equipment, and a desire to push traditional techniques to meet the needs of contemporary artists. Now celebrating its twentieth anniversary, Harlan & Weaver is a well-respected specialty workshop where some of the

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Another artist I admire is Henry Darger. A lot has been written about him lately because he has been an underated artist. Now he is starting to become more recognized in the art world. I love the way he has created an imagined world full of very serious content. Henry Darger (April 12?, 1892–April 13, 1973) was a reclusive American writer and illustrator who worked as a janitor in the Chicago,

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LithographyNon-Toxic LithographyWaterless LithographyPolyester plate LithographyIntaglioNon-Toxic EtchingAcrylic Resist Etching: EdinburghWaterbased inks: AkuaAcid Free Non Toxic EtchingGalv-etch/electroetchElectroetch

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I was walking down Denny Street in Tralee when I saw a sign that said Wellspring Gallery Contemporary Irish Art. I thought, well, I might as well check it out. I had to go down the steps into the basement of a three story house. I rang the bell, and after a while a woman with wild blond hair opened the door. She welcomed me and quickly ran off to the back yelling "I'll have tu find yu a brochure

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In just a few hours, I'll be leaving for the airport. Above is a map of where I'm going. Tralee in the lower left, in red, is where I'll be. It's nestled right in the bay, so it is sure to be very cold there. The blue dots are all the printshops that I know of in Ireland. I might find out that there are more. I'll be gone for a month, and I'm not sure what kind of access I will have for the

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So, this guy in the foreground is someone I have to meet. Anyone with crazy-cool hair is an automatic atraction magnet for me. Cork is about two hours away from where I'll be in Ireland, so I must also check out this print shop. My brother is applying to UC-Cork, so we'll have to spend a few days together checking out this city. I'm interested in how this printshop integrates classes into the

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Last week I visited the Crown Point PressWinter exhibit. I didn't realize that the printshop was just around the corner from the SFMOMA, so I stopped by to take a peek. I was so ecxited because Crown Point Press has such a great reputatioin. A lot of famous artists go to crown point press to turn their work into intaglio prints. I wasn't particularily drawn to anything I saw, but It was pretty

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Here are a couple links to my friends at CCA. Both Weston and Michelle were in my class. I'm kind of sad that I don't get to see them much. Michelle is in the printmaking program and we had studios next to each other. We shared a bathroom and kept booze in the shower. It's amazing to see how their work has progressed in the past semester. I really need to crack the whip on myself. As soon as I

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Another one of my favorite artists is coming to the San francisco MOMA. I am absolutley curious to see her work in person. I've been told that I should encorporate collage into my printmaking, but I'm never satisfied with the way it looks. Wangechi Mutu uses a lot of collage in her work succesfully. Her work is jewels for my eyes, and curiosity for my brain.Friday, December 16, 2005 - Sunday,

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When I go back to Ireland, I'm going to visit the Limerick Printmakers printshop. Unfortunately, it looks like they are not offering any workshops while I'll be there. I'm looking forward to meeting the founders of the shop, and seeing what Irish printmakers are up to, and what they are thinking about. I mostly am looking for advice on opening up a printshop. In July 1999 Limerick Printmakers

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Thanksgiving was great this year. Yosemite National Park is just beautiful. It was so great to get out of the city and and spend time in the wilderness just being. My most favorite part of the trip was hiking up to Vernal waterfall. It was a very steep and busy trail, but when I got to the top, it was just breathtaking. The most fun part was when Tim and I climbed across the rocks at the opening

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It's official; I'm going to Ireland December 13 for a whole month. I'm so excited because I have not been to Ireland for Christmas since I was very young. I'm hoping my parents will have a house by then. So far I got a message from my mom saying something about cows inhabiting a house they were interested in. I'm more excited to go back this time because there is so much more that I want to do

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Yesturday I went to the SFMOMA and saw Chuck Close and Kiki Smith. They were at the museum to sign their books. I was so excited that day. The book I ordered online "Prints, Books, and Things" did not come this past week, so I bought a different book that goes along with her exhibit at SFMOMA. The line was about two hours(?) long, but I waited only half an hour because a woman came through the

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I've never mentioned my dream before. I guess I had it nestled in my heart now for so long and daydream way too much about it. A couple years ago, I was lucky enough to stumble upon Double Elephant printshop while I was working in the South of England. It was the first printshop I had experienced outside of a university setting. I knew exactly at that time of my life that I wanted to commit

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Wilson Shieh, Baby, color direct gravure with aquatint, spitbite, aquatint, and Ganmpi paper chine colléI'm about to run out of the door and pick up this month's "Art on Paper". It's their second annual print edition.The Year in Prints, Second Annualprints by:Mary Lee Bendolph / Enrique Chagoya / Shoshana Dentz / Tony Fitzpatrick / Ellen Gallagher / Trenton Doyle Hancock / Carrie Moyer / Shaun O’

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Amy Cutler is finally coming out with her own book. It's not out until May 2006, but it's already on the top of my list of books to buy.AmazonProduct Details HardcoverPublisher: Hatje Cantz Publishers (May, 2006)Language: EnglishISBN: 377571734XPrice: $19.80 This image isn't too far off of what I went throught last week...... I was the elephant.

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KIKI SMITH IS COMING TO TOWN!!!!!!The great thing about living in the city is being able to meet great artists like Kiki Smith and Chuck Close!!!!Saturday, November 19, 2005 - Sunday, January 29, 2006San Francisco Museum of Modern ArtKiki Smith: Best known for provocative depictions of the female body, Kiki Smith has explored a broad range of subjects, including religion, folklore, mythology,

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