More Proofs

A slab of white to roll on my copper plate which still had left on it remnants of blue ink.

Printed on Rives BFK gray, this created a pale steel gray image.

Preparing another slab of pink ink to roll on my second copper plate, my image of Lisbeth's eyes...

Which I printed over the gray image, and again by itself on the lower half of the page.

Some graphite drawing on the eyes at the top of the page...

Prints soaking, getting ready for another run through the press...

A pink overlay of Lisbeth's eyes on the indigo blue print.

Men at work.

Another sweet afternoon spent in the new printshop, experimenting with colors and layering images. Too Much Fun.

Etchings

Yesterday I pulled the first proofs of my sugarlift etchings.

And etched a new plate.

Here it is getting degreased with Comet...

I will be layering this image of Lisbeth's eyes with images of her snowflakes using multiple plates.

The plates waiting in my cubby.

Ooooh, it feels SO GOOD to be printing again. Ahhhhh.....

Back in Print

A Pickwick Independent Press member (and friend) at work.

My work station - using Lisbeth's snowflakes as stencils, I'm etching a copper plate and a zinc plate with sugarlift...

This sugarlift recipe is sugar, Ivory Snow, and India Ink. Yesterday a couple of people in the print shop told me that you can use straight condensed milk! I have to try that...

Lisa Pixley at work.

Lisa's exquisite new bird prints.

Bulletin board paper doll lovers from a local gallery.

Those of us in The Artist Studio who have been pining to print are incredibly lucky! Lisa Pixley spearheaded the creation of a spanking new print shop in our building that is now in full operation, Pickwick Independent Press. I haven't done any intaglio since my senior year at MECA in 2006, and I am very excited to have access to a press again! I have started to experiment with transferring Lisbeth's cut paper designs to copper and zinc. There are several ways to do this, and I believe I will eventually attempt them all, but I'm starting with the very direct sugarlift process. This afternoon I will be putting the hard ground on these plates and putting them in the acid bath. I heard yesterday that you can put your plates in the ocean, and it will etch like an acid bath! I think you'd have to leave them in a long time, maybe several days...I really like this idea...