mood board

(and my sticky mat) I expected my mood board to change; but it didn’t really. Most of my art is graphic, bright, happy and based on the coastal environment. I work a lot in red. The odemin & kagagi (strawberry & crow) are culturally important to me. I added the textiles and the pop bottle…

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Break Reflections

Over the break I took some time (and had lots of fun)  printing on textiles, and I trapped some squid 🦑 I also magically picked up a wholesale order for my tea towels so my next project is to use the fine mesh to print the tags that I designed so I can ship these…

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I just want to apologize

I hope I did not appear disrespectful; nor a distraction during George Littlechild’s discussion.In the midst of it I got a call from my alarm company that my son’s medical emergency button had been activated (he is disabled and living on his own). They had dispatched an ambulance as they couldn’t get ahold of him.…

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Mid-Week Reflection

Mood Board I just wanted to share with you that I; the tech dinosaur, found a website that was easy to use to create a Mood Board. I will probably make a physical one also. The website is called Milanote. I think I am going to use it quite a bit for projects etc. Here’s…

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Reflection Week Four

Exposure and Half Tones Unfortunately I don’t have any photos of my step exposure process. I did take notes, and I used my results to expose a screen with my hand drawn image, hoping my pointillism would give some half tones. I haven’t printed it yet, but the image looks good after rinsing. My light…

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Week Three Reflection

Reclaiming & Printing on Textile I had some practice reclaiming in week two due to my humidity problem. I learned this week that I should at least wet my screen while I am doing my clean up. I think I had a bit of ink dry as I cleaned my palette knife and my squeegee…

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week two reflection

Collage/exposure/printing well……this was a HUGE adventure/disaster and learning curve for me. I coated my screen, put them it a dark box and and did my first exposure. When I went to rinse, all the emulsion came off too, except for a couple of spots. I ended up reclaiming. SO on my second and third tries…

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Week One Reflection

I was pretty excited to pull my first prints ! So much for Blue Monday ! They turned out really great, and I am very much looking forward to the remainder of our lessons. A little peek at my incredibly small and quite messy studio. I am fortunate to have the natural light, and a…

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