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Practice 2: Ferric Chloride Day 2
So, I printed that first plate. It was a bit blotchy. A total of 38 minutes was too much, but it was clear that the 5 minutes and thereabout etches got a nice shade…
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Practice: Copper plate etching 1: Ferric chloride
Now equipped with an etching press and gear for copper plate etching. Very little time though. Leaving in a few days. A quick update of today’s efforts; Materials: Ferric Chloride, in tubs, 3 kg…
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Research: German Expressionism
Max Pechstein “Das Vater Unser” series Pechstein was one of the more “technical” of the Brücke group that emerged in Weimar Germany, a knowledgable printmaker amongst the other self-taught members, who were nevertheless united…
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Thoughts for moving on
Looking back on the topics of the first assignment, and looking ahead to the next: what was the thinking behind this choice of subject matter? Starting with observation: nice to do, it makes you…
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Research: Coldwell, P 2010
Reference: Coldwell, P. 2010 Printmaking: A Contemporary Perspective. London, UK. Black Dog. Doing a bit of revision: RELIEF PRINTMAKING The milestones in the history of relief printmaking according to Coldwell: Beginnings: 7th century…
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Assignment 1 Landscape Reflective commentary
This series of prints, “Land” and before it, the “Mid cloisters dim” prints, emerged from a response to my immediate environment, from my reaction to change being wrought on the natural environment, the mass…
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1. 5 Final Prints
Landscape This is not a conventional landscape, but it has arisen from observation of the environment and is some kind of comment on it. The final prints use the same monoprint technique as the…
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1. 4 Mid Cloisters Dim
And so.. I finally came up with a couple of ideas that I liked. This one is the intaglio print of the poem, plus a panel created using thread, turpentine and oil, with a…
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1. 3 Landscape with and without trees
Observation So, a couple of practice sessions. That felt a bit better. Meanwhile there was the fact of my village “landscape”, dirty, dug up, with nearly all the trees cut down. Those that were…
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Practice 2: Ferric Chloride Day 2
So, I printed that first plate. It was a bit blotchy. A total of 38 minutes was too much, but it was clear that the 5 minutes and thereabout etches got a nice shade…
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Practice: Copper plate etching 1: Ferric chloride
Now equipped with an etching press and gear for copper plate etching. Very little time though. Leaving in a few days. A quick update of today’s efforts; Materials: Ferric Chloride, in tubs, 3 kg…
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Research: German Expressionism
Max Pechstein “Das Vater Unser” series Pechstein was one of the more “technical” of the Brücke group that emerged in Weimar Germany, a knowledgable printmaker amongst the other self-taught members, who were nevertheless united…
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Thoughts for moving on
Looking back on the topics of the first assignment, and looking ahead to the next: what was the thinking behind this choice of subject matter? Starting with observation: nice to do, it makes you…
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Research: Coldwell, P 2010
Reference: Coldwell, P. 2010 Printmaking: A Contemporary Perspective. London, UK. Black Dog. Doing a bit of revision: RELIEF PRINTMAKING The milestones in the history of relief printmaking according to Coldwell: Beginnings: 7th century…
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Assignment 1 Landscape Reflective commentary
This series of prints, “Land” and before it, the “Mid cloisters dim” prints, emerged from a response to my immediate environment, from my reaction to change being wrought on the natural environment, the mass…
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1. 5 Final Prints
Landscape This is not a conventional landscape, but it has arisen from observation of the environment and is some kind of comment on it. The final prints use the same monoprint technique as the…
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1. 4 Mid Cloisters Dim
And so.. I finally came up with a couple of ideas that I liked. This one is the intaglio print of the poem, plus a panel created using thread, turpentine and oil, with a…
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1. 3 Landscape with and without trees
Observation So, a couple of practice sessions. That felt a bit better. Meanwhile there was the fact of my village “landscape”, dirty, dug up, with nearly all the trees cut down. Those that were…
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Practice 2: Ferric Chloride Day 2
So, I printed that first plate. It was a bit blotchy. A total of 38 minutes was too much, but it was clear that the 5 minutes and thereabout etches got a nice shade…
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Practice: Copper plate etching 1: Ferric chloride
Now equipped with an etching press and gear for copper plate etching. Very little time though. Leaving in a few days. A quick update of today’s efforts; Materials: Ferric Chloride, in tubs, 3 kg…
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Research: German Expressionism
Max Pechstein “Das Vater Unser” series Pechstein was one of the more “technical” of the Brücke group that emerged in Weimar Germany, a knowledgable printmaker amongst the other self-taught members, who were nevertheless united…
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Thoughts for moving on
Looking back on the topics of the first assignment, and looking ahead to the next: what was the thinking behind this choice of subject matter? Starting with observation: nice to do, it makes you…
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Research: Coldwell, P 2010
Reference: Coldwell, P. 2010 Printmaking: A Contemporary Perspective. London, UK. Black Dog. Doing a bit of revision: RELIEF PRINTMAKING The milestones in the history of relief printmaking according to Coldwell: Beginnings: 7th century…
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Assignment 1 Landscape Reflective commentary
This series of prints, “Land” and before it, the “Mid cloisters dim” prints, emerged from a response to my immediate environment, from my reaction to change being wrought on the natural environment, the mass…
-
1. 5 Final Prints
Landscape This is not a conventional landscape, but it has arisen from observation of the environment and is some kind of comment on it. The final prints use the same monoprint technique as the…
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1. 4 Mid Cloisters Dim
And so.. I finally came up with a couple of ideas that I liked. This one is the intaglio print of the poem, plus a panel created using thread, turpentine and oil, with a…
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1. 3 Landscape with and without trees
Observation So, a couple of practice sessions. That felt a bit better. Meanwhile there was the fact of my village “landscape”, dirty, dug up, with nearly all the trees cut down. Those that were…
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