We are launching an artist residency! The goal of this residency is to amplify the voices of community-based artists by providing free printmaking training and studio space at Wachiay Studio in K’ómoks Territories Courtenay, B.C. Artists-in-residence will have a week of studio time to create projects of your choice! You are welcome to print on…
(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…
I completely blew the first go of my multiple layer print. Just had to share before I did it all again. I completely forgot the registration marks. My black outline was way to thick with the China marker, and I missed printing some of the mane. I wanted to have the top part of the…
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…
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…
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…
We used one of Agi’s designs to attempt to make a halftone image. We found the lighter colours didn’t apply as well through the exposure process. Agi also discovered adobe illustrator for Ipad doesn’t really have options for dither or halftone. Procreate on the other hand has a silkscreening half tone option. We also put…
Continue reading Mary and Agi Exposure and Halftone Practice
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…
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…