Having recently moved to the west coast, all of my presses and printing materials are in storage in Texas. This is quite frustrating. However, the printing must continue, so I was forced to explore other methods for registering paper. I opted for the traditional registration board. It was an adventure, from learning about it, to building it, to using it.
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My latest print, “Heian Shrine in Winter,” turned out to be an exercise in the use of white space. In this four-color print, I have tried to use the uncolored portions of the page to indicate snow. It was a very obvious choice to go with snow, I know, but the exercise was successful in creating an aesthetic composition. Hopefully
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Has it really been a year since my last post?! With graduate school and my thesis almost finished (crossing fingers!) I finally have more time to devote to my art. Long, long ago I began work on a tri-color flamingo print. I can now say that I have finished carving the blocks! Now it is time to print. I had
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I cannot believe that it has been almost a year since my last post. In the intervening period, I have been very busy and I finally have something to show for it. Recently I designed and installed a print exhibition at the Blanton Museum of Art. The title of the show is “Ave Maria: Devotional Prints in the Age of
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My current printing project is a three color print of a pair of flamingos. I got the idea for this print from a photograph that I took at the Atlanta Zoo. I don’t know if anyone is going to be interested in this bird, but when I saw this photograph I fell in love. This is not the bright pink
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