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The last part of my SEA project. So I made cookies right after making the recipe cards and taking my first shower of that week. :D My arms were more sore and I ended up sleeping on the couch for an hour, though.

All that lead to me trying to give out the stuff at the Art and Design Building and people...not wanting them. Not even the free goodie bags! A lot of them were in a rush, which was understandable, but even as I approached people just sitting down they turned it down. Only a few people accepted it, and most of them were friends, acquaintances, or friends of friends. A lot of the people that accepted thought the recipe card was cute while others thought “oh, free stuff, don’t mind if I do.” I guess I know how it feels to be one of those people on campus trying to give out free stuff.  At least I had enough left to give to the class and to more friends.

@printmaking-homie - Thanks for helping, man! It was slightly better when we tried going to the Johnson Center and Southside. 

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Finished printing recipe cards! 

There were a couple hiccups along the way. There was one moment where the screen moved even though it was tightly clamped to the printmaking board. The first 10 or so prints had the dashed line cut off and the word “smooth” didn’t come out that well as I printed (as seen in the fourth pic), although that fixed with time, as well as printing over the card 10 times due to how transparent the green ink was.

Now I just gotta make cookies and prepare the goodie bags with the recipe cards. My arms really hurt though!

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From Tuesday’s class, still worked on my SEA project. I forgot to cut the papers I cut in half again to get the right card size! I also mixed ink to use for my cards, which also took time.

I spent time after class to print the red onto the cards, and they turned out nicely! Too bad the green didn’t come out the same way. I had to do another exposure and wait to do it again since it was late at night, but thankfully Ting offered her screen to me! 

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From last class on Thursday, last day of copper etching!

I went from getting my paper together to making all my prints all in one night. The chipmunk on the left, Simon, wasn’t showing very well at first. I later tried running the print into the press several times to get more ink to printed on it. He still looked a little ghostly, but a lot less faded than previous prints!

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From Thursday last week: A cool stencil design of Bill Murray and my two art pieces for the multicolored stencil project critique.

I learned a lot from the multicolored stencil project through trial-and-error and some guidance from Patrick and Erwin (mostly trial-and-error, given I experimented a lot with the ink). From the critique, I was happy with the results, but also wished I did more, like trying spray paint or applying backgrounds first and even adding foregrounds.

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Last day at the printmaking studio. :( 

I cleaned the paper mill, but at least I got to stay nice and clean tidying it up. I really didn’t want to touch ink again after last week!

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Worked on gathering supplies and setting up most of this weekend for the SEA project!

Not pictured are the failed attempts of me printing the transparencies properly. Printing transparencies took a bulk of my weekend. I spent a lot of time waiting for them to dry, only to find they got smeared hours later. Thankfully, a desperate Google search mentioned printing on the rough side of the transparency, so the ink transferred smoothly and was instantly dried. I also made the transparencies this way rather than with the 4-color separation process since I’m only using two colors: red and green. 

I was too tired to start with putting on the registration tabs and making my ink due to other assignments due Monday and Tuesday, so I’ll definitely be working on that in class!

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From Thursday’s class, almost everyone worked on their SEA or at least on their idea for it. 

I decided to do a recipe card for chocolate chip cookies and attach them to a goodie bag with chocolate chip cookies and some candy, which I’d give out to students outside the Art and Design Building before critique day to promote well-being. Finals are coming up and it’s the last week of classes, so I figured it would be nice to try and do for some lucky students!

Oh, and Andre and I attempted to make paper with the pulp we had. It came out so thin...but at least we tried!

And in case some people forgot, there’s a sign-up sheet for clean-up at the printmaking studio. We all gotta do it.