"Campfire Kabuki", intaglio, woodcut relief with chine colle' 5.5x7", plate size 4x5" on Somerset velvet buff, ed.20

A study for a piece in color and b&w.

I've been waiting on my vine black to be delivered so I can complete a couple of editions. Meanwhile, I have been working with a study in Photoshop. The b&w will definitely be executed with various intaglio techniques, and the color will likely be a reduction color woodcut.

Ribcage woodcut

Printed all of the woodcuts today that will accompany the upcoming print. Image size is 1" x 1.5", definitely the smallest thing I have ever worked with. It is printed on kitakata and will be chine colle'd onto the intaglio plate when I print it on Somerset Velvet Creme.

I usually prefer a cool black mixture of vine black, graphite and cadmium blue when I print, but I'm thinking of using a viridium green instead of the cadmium blue. May be a nice contrast against the cardinal red of the ribcage.

Back to work

After a hiatus spent pursuing a secondary certification in history, I'm back in the studio with a lot of ideas to try out.

Here is the first of many that will involve various intaglio techniques along with woodblock relief and reduction.

 The printed image area is 1"w x 1.5"h. It will be printed separately and chine colled onto the intaglio plate when it is printed.

A rough proof of the finished print. Now to work on the plate tone with some aquatinting.

 I use flat black spray paint in lieu of rosin to execute aquatinting.

I use copper sulfate as my etching medium. It's cheaper than nitric or ferric chloride, and is safer as the only fumes that are released as a by-product during the etching process is hydrogen.

And now scrape and polish the plate to control the plate tones. Using drypoint and engraving I coax the features of the figure that I want to standout.

This is about ready for a final proof on good paper with all the elements. Stay tuned.

New prints etching, drypoint, aquatint, engraving, w/ roulette work and mezzotint

 

"The Whopper's Ball" state I

 9x12", intaglio on Somerset Velvet Creme, 2014

 

 

"The Whopper's Ball" state II

9x12", intaglio on Somerset Velvet Crème, 2014

 

 

"The Complete Angler"

9x12", intaglio on Somerset Velvet Crème, 2014

 

 

"The Raconteur"

9x12", engraving on Somerset Velvet Creme, 2014

New prints, etching, engraving, drypoint, roulette work, mezzotint w/ chine colle

 "The Christening of Cantus"

image size 8x10"

 

 

 "The Permutations of Cantus"

image size 8x10"

 

 

 "How Cantus Took His Voice"

 image size 9x12"

 

 

 "See or Seem"

 paper size 11x15"

 

 

"See or Seem", state 2

paper size 11x15"

 



"The Gospel Accorded To A Wild Hare", 8x10", etching, aquatint, drypoint, engraving on Rives BFK

"The Gospel Accorded To A Wild Hare"

#3 I thought becoming a grandfather would make me feel old.... "Your children are having children of their own." It is definitely one of those life affirming moments, but bifocals, male pattern baldness and arthiritis have done more to remind me of my mortality than anything else.

    A grandchild brings a new felt warmness of hope and intense love. The child in you awakens to a new playmate. It's OK to be silly. You're a grandpa... they won't call the guys in white coats just yet. So, indulge yourself as you rescue the princess from a cardboard tower. A knight's reward is a hug and kiss from her while you share a gallon of ice cream. You have years to teach, much to share and a world in which to demonstrate how to dream.