It was a little difficult narrowing down my images to just 20, but I did it, and this set of images is going to be my final portfolio for applying to grad school. Images are not necessarily in final order.
Showing posts with label lithography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lithography. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Portfolio Pieces!
Quick selection of pieces for my portfolio so I can see what I'm working with. I need 20 images in total, so I was thinking one whole shot with one detail shot. These images are in no particular order.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Prints!
A couple of prints. These two were actually made in a Green Ink Print Methods class I took during my last spring semester.
Potato Print. Water based ink on paper.
Now this next print was made with a pretty crazy process. It was printed with a waterless lithography process. It involved drawing on a metal plate with a special water soluble litho pencil. Next the drawing was washed out using only water, a little rubbing, and the occasional squirt of soap when needed. Now the next step was just like more traditional lithography, the plate was rolled up with ink and printed. However, the best ink for waterless litho is rubber based ink, which is a very short, stiff ink. I believe that rubber based ink has stopped being manufactured, but UD just so happened to have what is probably the last can in existence.
Print quality was pretty unreliable and unpredictable with this process. Prints at first were very light and would fill in quickly resulting in only one or two prints with a nice black density. I managed to get five total pulls off my plate before it started filling in with ink. An interesting process to have learned, though I still prefer traditional lithography processes.
Untitled. 22"x30". 2009. Waterless Lithograph on Rives BFK White.
Detail.
Potato Print. Water based ink on paper.
Detail.
Now this next print was made with a pretty crazy process. It was printed with a waterless lithography process. It involved drawing on a metal plate with a special water soluble litho pencil. Next the drawing was washed out using only water, a little rubbing, and the occasional squirt of soap when needed. Now the next step was just like more traditional lithography, the plate was rolled up with ink and printed. However, the best ink for waterless litho is rubber based ink, which is a very short, stiff ink. I believe that rubber based ink has stopped being manufactured, but UD just so happened to have what is probably the last can in existence.
Print quality was pretty unreliable and unpredictable with this process. Prints at first were very light and would fill in quickly resulting in only one or two prints with a nice black density. I managed to get five total pulls off my plate before it started filling in with ink. An interesting process to have learned, though I still prefer traditional lithography processes.
Untitled. 22"x30". 2009. Waterless Lithograph on Rives BFK White.
Detail.Some oldies, but goodies.
It's been a while, yes. I'm new to blogging and still trying to get used to it.
Anyway though, I'm posting a few images of older work. I know as my work changes and progresses I grow out of or grow tired of some of my older pieces. These are the lucky ones that have survived!
Untitled. 2006. Silkscreen on Rives BFK White. Four color separation.
Anyway though, I'm posting a few images of older work. I know as my work changes and progresses I grow out of or grow tired of some of my older pieces. These are the lucky ones that have survived!
Untitled. 2006. Silkscreen on Rives BFK White. Four color separation.
Monoprint. 15"x22". 2006. Ink on Rives BFK White.
Untitled. 2006. Relief Print on Rives BFK White.
Crest. 2006. Lithograph on Rives BFK White.
Untitled. 2006. Lithograph on Rives BFK White.
Gun. 15"x30". 2006. Lithograph and watercolor on Rives BFK White.
Pirates. 2007. Etching and Cin Cole on Rives BFK White.
Untitled. 2008. Silkscreen Monoprint on Rives BFK White.
Untitled. 2006. Relief Print on Rives BFK White.
Crest. 2006. Lithograph on Rives BFK White.
Untitled. 2006. Lithograph on Rives BFK White.
Gun. 15"x30". 2006. Lithograph and watercolor on Rives BFK White.
Pirates. 2007. Etching and Cin Cole on Rives BFK White.
Untitled. 2008. Silkscreen Monoprint on Rives BFK White.
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