some new things

One old and one new

"'If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?' Alice in Wonderland" - Lithograph pheasant brown and gold ink on Japanese mulberry paper. Imagery inspired by Alice in Wonderland quote about a nonsense world. The piece as a whole is meant to be reminiscent of a children's book page. The paper it is printed on is very thin like old book paper and the characters come from books like the Beatrix Potter series and Alice in Wonderland.

"Memento Mori" - Lithograph and water color. My most recent piece. Background is 2 layers of lithographed feathers in magenta and a lighter tint of magenta in reverse. Owls, tree, and clocks are pheasant brown and magenta.

some old things

Some old intaglio prints from my first print class:

"Breaking Free" - My first print! A dry-point etch on zinc. Black ink on bright white. Dry-point is an engraving using no acid. The lines are carved into the plate by hand rather than scraping away a resist and letting the acid remove the area to be inked.

"Shadow Rabbit" - Black ink on bright white. Some dry-point but mostly resist etching.

"Self-portrait" - Black ink on bright white. Soft ground technique using lace doilies and babies breath flowers. All other line-work done with resist etching.

"We Can't Get Back Here Anymore" - Black ink on bright white. Piece inspired by a photo of the Huey Long Pool Racquetball courts. The building was abandoned and now condemned and sealed off to the public. As a kid I learned to swim at the pool and as a teenager I revisited with a friend to see the graffiti inside once it stopped being used. The piece speaks to old memories of the building and how they can only be visited through photographs now that the building is closed. Line work was resist etched and aquatinted using spray paint on the plate. Light areas were burnished into the plate.

"Dusk" - Black ink on bright white, fawn, and grey. 4 different plates all resist etched. Lots and lots of lines. One of the biggest intaglios I've ever done.

Prints

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Prints from this semester.

Lithography state change diptych - State 1 "Forrest Scene" and State 2 "City Scene" edition of 4 each (8 together). Litho black on off-white Arches lightweight

"Flight at Sunset" Intaglio - Multicolor wipe with plate tone. Finished piece has hand-painted birds. Edition of 6

"Apparitions (Heart and Soul)" Lithography Xerox transfer - Photo from Highland Cemetery transfered to stone, bird skeletons in autographic ink. Edition of 6, litho black on warm-white BFK

"Mourning Routine" Class portfolio piece work in progress - Litho print with blind embossed frame in the transfer process. Final prints will be Edition of 19+ black on off-white Arches with intaglio blind embossed frame. Ouch

Still have 3 more new projects coming in the next month.

Prints

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A few prints from last semester.

"R is for. . ." - 1 plate, 1 color. Edition varies 6 of grey on white, 4 of brown on fawn 

"I'll Follow You into the Dark" - 4 colors, 2 plates & stencil (plate one wiped blue with yellow surface roll, plate two wiped sepia with pink stencil roll) Edition of 6. *and yes, I had to write all of those lyrics backwards

Middle print is a work in progress "Where I Need to Be" - sepia on white bird etch with magenta, gold, blue, and blind calligraph stamp. Some have less gold than others. Will probably have some silkscreen work and embroidery when finished.

Ooo ahh

Dirk Rees = my new favorite photographer. Definitely check out his Revenge set and Red Room. Very nice.

More here.

o hai

Hello future wedding dress...

Of course this is a Matthew Williamson design so I'll never be able to afford the real thing (and it will be long gone by the time I ever get married), but I will make it if I have to. 

Burritober

So my boyfriend and I have this tradition that every Sunday we go get burritos at Izzo's. Lately with mid-terms going on we've been missing a few days but hopefully we'll get back on track soon. Pretty much all of our friends and family know about our Burrito Sundays. Some of them think it's cute, some think it's weird. 

Anyways, I was on NotCot today and saw this guy's blog who is eating nothing but burritos for the entire month of October. That's right, breakfast, lunch, and dinner of only burritos. Now he's cheated a little because burritos are technically beef, beans, and cheese and some variation of that, but after a couple of weeks he started getting creative (chinese food burritos, pizzaritos, hot pocket burritos, and my favorite the spaghettirito). But I can't say I blame him, at times even I get sick of eating burritos once a week. I couldn't imagine sustaining on them for an entire month.  Good luck man!

To get in on burritober while you still can go here.