#editioning

[sarahsheilart]

Editioning!

[spotticloggart]

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The #printing or #editioning #byhand of my #butterfly #Linocut this is a #timelapsevideo of my #colouring the edition... it's painfully slow in real life! Showing the work on my #bluebutterfly Linocut for the changeover at the @old.schoolhouse.gallery on Wednesday continues. They will be a #limitededition Linocut - so if you want one... email me early! #editioningtime !!#butterfliesofinstagram #butterflies #butterflyworld #butterflyeffect #butterflywings #butterflyart #butterflyartwork #butterflylover #printmaking #printingbyhand #reliefprint #blockprinting #timelapse #video #edition1 #limitededition of 6 #studiochaos #studiohack #timelapse #handcoloured #liquitexink (at Spotti Clogg Art Studio)

[rubenbcastillo]

In the print shop today, curating an edition for Lawrence Print Week at the Lawrence Arts Center (an edition that I am admittedly running a little behind on).

[wingatestudio]

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Just takin this six plate color etching day by day #editioning #waltonford @kasmingallery (at Wingate Studio)

[grafikk]

Ole Larsen, Master Printer of Atelje Larsen in Sweden presented an inspiring selection of “hot” prints by international artists including Tony Cragg. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y5m5onJ5yQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgde8e4Kw0Y

https://vimeo.com/128496027

[svartmalt]

Day two of this print, going to print two more transparent colors before I do a pretty opaque layer.

The first two colors were the same on all ten, then I printed five with a 90% extender lilac that created a gorgeous olive green.

[messy-pancake]

Silkscreen week 1+2.

Read till the end if you can. Lol.

So this was harder than I thought it was going to be. Not the actual physical pulling or printing. But more the thinking. I’m used to being able to control Z, delete layers, re-do layers, have a v36 within 20mins. All digitally.

I couldn’t do this here. We had a pre-made screen and then we started printing. I just had to do. And I didn’t think. And Rolina showed me how to finger paint on the screens. Amazing! So freeing. No thinking, just moving your hands. Just intuitively feeling your way.

So there were no smooth beautiful ombré gradients - which I love!! But I equally loves these mish-mashy prints of colour and I got to just freestyle on the screen.

And then we added layers. This is where I got a little stuck. Not stuck. Just…'ohhhh that’s what happens if you do that, not the other thing I thought of in my head'. My positive/negative needed to switch around 🤣

But some cool things emerged and it was a learning curve.

I needed to plan this and I didn’t have the brain power to do that in class.

But I love the quality of the prints and it was really easy. Using simple stencil shapes - in my case the moon phases - gave these lovely halo effects. There was at one point just a full circle print. It was bold. And pulled you in. Powerful. I love the simple shapes. They aren't that simple though. They hold information and power. And so much more.