If you are in Ottawa, stop by the Alta Vista Library. Watched great Printmaking shows being hung on the Alta Vista Library walls today. (The Printmakers hung more then one show) I helped a little bit. It was a lovely morning with a great group of artists. Happy Printmaking!
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Going with the Spirit
This hopefully is the final fussing with the placement and printing sequence. It has been a couple of more studio visits to feel confident to go ahead. Next time in the studio I plan to work on the background before printing the copper plates. I love laughing at myself. Being a true ink lover. I …
Still Not There Yet.
I had a much needed day in the studio yesterday. Worked on my second proof of my Spirit Dove. It took me 3 and half hours to set up and print the proof. Half hour of rethinking and organizing for the next Print Day. Then a good 2 hours of clean up. Good day in …
Saying Hello
I haven’t had a change to get to the studio to print. Just stopping by my lonely blog to say hello. Love taking photos out my apartment windows. I am in a basement apartment. I look up ! That was my week.
Starting over Again
Lucky to have had two days in the studio. After lot’s of fussing with plates, making a template printing two layers of copper plates- I need to start over. I plan to start the proof again. Change the dark plates and fix the wing. That is what proofing is all about. Happy Printing Everyone.
Copper Plates
I found the Copper Spirit plates. They need a good clean up, but not to bad for being in storage for so long. Always wanted to weld the plates together for a wall hanging. Kind of glad I didn’t. The plates still need some fiddling around with. But I am glad to confirm to myself …
I Had to Scratch into Copper this evening.
I hope this means the studio will be opening soon. Around 6:30pm I just had an urge to scratch copper 🙂 I have had this old piece of copper backed with car paint from my toxic first years of printmaking back in the 80’s and early 90’s. So I gathered up some tools and just …
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Wishing Everyone the best in 2021
I haven’t been to the Studio since last Nov. 5th. I was playing with another idea, not sure where I was going with it 🙂 No title. At the apartment I have finished a collagraph plate with Cats and and Dragons in it. I am so grateful for my Fibre Arts and Music – Celtic …
Cat With No Hat
The etched plate and proof. I love working on copper plates this way. The Aquatint is so rich and so simple. The blue paper was dyed in Japanese Indigo that I grew. I used to dump scraps of paper at the end of a dye day and leave them over night. I have a huge …
Happy Days in Print Studio
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 …
