Happy Days in Print Studio

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4 Happy Days playing in the Studio. Got to have Music, lots of Celtic Flute and Drumming 🙂

I took lots of photos of what I am playing with in the Studio, so this blog entry is a very condensed version of the four days. I have about 10 maybes completed of “All In A Days Work” and I am moving on to start playing with two old ImagOn plates. So glad I did not strip the plates. Once Upon a Day I was very concerned about making my plates and prints perfect. Not anymore, wrinkles are OK 🙂

So first a little about “All In A Days Work” copper etching and then an introduction to the ImagOn Plates.

I added some color to the cats.
“All In a Days Work” and I think this one is finished.
This is a detail of another Print.
The print from the detail, Pretty sure it is finished.
These are the two ImagOn plates that are not perfect, a few wrinkles in the ImagOn. But I was so excited when I pulled the first proof. I played a bit with the proof.
detail of inked ImagOn plate.
The first proof.
Detail of the grass from outside the Studio door.

I have no Idea what I want this image to say. ?? Thinking about making new stencils and working on a maybe back ground color. ?? such a nice fun thing to be thinking about 🙂

Started playing with the background Idea for the ImagOn plates. It is an old piece of paper cut to the size of the two plates and painted with Speedball Screen filler with a bit of cheesecloth added.
The two plates all inked all nice and neat. So in need of a theme/idea.

That is my condensed version of my time at the Ottawa/Gatineau Printmakers Connective Print Studio. So grateful it is Open.

Stay Safe & Happy Printing.

Published by Debra James Percival

Artist/Printmaker Graduated in 1984 with a BFA in Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design NSCAD. Making art all my life.

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