#master printer

[brooklynmuseum]

With the Museum’s upcoming reinstallation of its Korean Art collections on the horizon, the artist book Zwischen Sejong und Gutenberg is especially relevant as it beautifully illustrates cross cultural influences ranging from Sejong the Great, the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea, to the work of Johannes Gutenberg, the German master printer. Through typography and design, the text and images flowing throughout this book present a quiet view into the worlds of these influential people as beautifully interpreted by Ahn Sang-soo, the master Korean graphic designer. The artist’s engagement with Korean Hangul script is a historical tribute to its creator King Sejong and Gutenberg, who was his contemporary.

Posted by Deirdre Lawrence

[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

[nscadprintmaking-blog]

NSCAD printmaking area’s 2016 summer Visiting Artist Joscelyn Gardner in residence for 5 weeks to work with technician and Master Printer Jill Graham on a large stone lithograph.

[yummyink]

PRINT · COLETTE'S ORCHID

Colette's Orchid

36.5 x 50.8 cm / 14.38 x 20 in. Signed and numbered (Limited Edition of 50) Price: 148 US dollar

Giclée print/Ultrachrome print on Hahnemühle German Etching 310 g/m2. This paper has the subtle texture of an etching paper and a soft white tone. It is mould-made and inherently acid free, appealing characteristics that artists have enjoyed in Hahnemühle German Etching for over 400 years. I have chosen the heaviest line, giving the final print a substantial feel, offering an exceptional print quality. Soon available on my Etsy shop. You can always e-mail me - [email protected]

Currently, my work in progress is a series of illustrations of my "girls" inspired by the writer Miranda July, based in LA. Going through her book "No One Belongs Here More than You" has been a great source of inspiration to create a special, unique, and delicate world for my Ladies. She is an interdisciplinary pure indie artist, not afraid to explore new boundaries in the blank paper, film, wall and space. She is the undisputed high priestess of the DIY art revolution.

[yummyink]

Ed Hamilton, Tamarind Master Printer ~ The Heart at Hamilton Press

Ed Ruscha, The End, 1991

26x37" Edition of 50

Raymond Pettibon, Winged Heart, 1998 Hand-colored lithograph with unique texts 36 x 28" Edition of 20

"...We must remember, in short, that printmaking is, and always has been a democratic technology aimed at the private, demotic dissemination of images. Because if no one wants the print - or if everyone is satisfied to visit it in a public museum - there is no reason for the edition itself, beyond the connoiseurship of guild/craft. The tiny, private production of Hamilton Press, then, perpetuates the democratic aspiration of art for us all, individually, according to our whims, into an age that is more comfortable with collective identity confirmed in public spaces..."

-Dave Hickey Writer (Excerpt from "Hamilton Press: Collaboration and Incarnation")

I couldn't be happier when on my quick visit to LA this week my beloved friend Paul (part of the Steidl family, who loves to stay in Göttingen for Thanksgiving day...) took me to Hamilton Press.

Hamilton Press specializes in the production of hand printed lithographs. All of the printing is done by Ed Hamilton, Tamarind Master Printer, who has been collaborating with artists to make prints for over thirty years. Hamilton Press was born in 1990, as a result of a collaboration between Tamarind Master Printer Ed Hamilton, and Los Angeles artist an avid printmaker Ed Ruscha. The two had worked together on about 40 prints, and both had a great respect for the idea of producing original artworks in a multiple form. The printer and artist worked out what they thought would be the best situation for the creation of art in this medium, which would be limited to traditional lithography. The concept of the business would be to encourage artists, both new to printmaking and those already familiar with the process, to produce art in a peaceful, unhurried atmosphere. Ed Hamilton functions as printer, rolling out inks and bringing to life the hand-drawn works of those published. But the star of the operation is the imagination and creativity of the artist together with the "learning by doing" philosophy of printmaking.

[print-public]

When asked, Hugh would often describe himself, and those of us lucky enough to work alongside him, as 'backroom boys'. Inky fingered printers 'stuck somewhere back in the eighteenth century'. He was referring, I think, to the raw materials of the studio space--copper plates, ink, scrim, dampened paper, wool blankets, presses--none of which have changed very much in over two hundred years, or would indicate that anything 'cutting edge' might take place.

Sara Lee, on Hugh Stoneman, from 'Hugh Stoneman: Master Printer' (2008), Tate St. Ives

[artsobserver]

John Cyr, a master printer, saw beauty and mystery in an essential, but often overlooked, element of the developing process: the tray in which a photographer processes a print.

[printmakingpanda-blog]