It’s been a little while, but I’ve had a lot to do for school. That’s excusable, right? Here’s a print that I worked on last night. I don’t have a photograph of the print with the letterpressed text (actually, I’m not sure how well it’s going to photograph anyway), but the screenprinting gives you a good idea of what it’ll look like.
It doesn’t look exactly like the mock up, but that’s okay. I really like it regardless.
My right hand occassionally engages in battle with the left. And by that I mean, being right handed has directly led to a lot of left hand injuries. I’ve cut my left hand with a rotary cutter, a large kitchen knife, and the incident to end all incidents – pieces of a porcelain bowl that broke in the sink while I was trying to do dishes. Last night, I added the newest scar to my hand, a little u-shaped slice from a linoleum cutter. Let’s just say I was being impatient and I got what I deserved.
the cut, in a badly taken macro photo.
A light sketch of what I plan to print.
Finished with cutting the first layer. Can’t see the details very well, I wish I had gotten a picture of it all inked up, but I was too concerned with getting it done quickly (see, impatience).
I’ve already started cutting the second layer. The first layer is a dark mustard-y color, even though it rolled up yellow ochre. I wanted the ochre, but oh well. There’s nothing I can do at this point.
I’ve got to print out some mock-ups for graphic design today and finish cutting the second layer of this print. More later!
Watching the VMAs is a completely different experience when you don’t know who half of the people are and you don’t know what the “it” songs are. Alright, so I’m not even really watching. I’m just procrastinating with the TV on at a low volume, my laptop open to Google Reader and my sketchbook at a blank page.
I feel very obligated to work on my graphic design homework (it’s due first), but I’m much more invested and interested in my lino cut for Intaglio/Relief. I drew out a sketch yesterday and I’m getting excited about it. I have a feeling it will look better as an etching or, really, anything that has a wider range of tones. But my assignment is to do a lino cut and I’d like to start on the concept that I’ve been developing.
I feel like I should be doing more.
Finally just got internet access in my apartment again. I am definitly behind on One-a-day and I don’t think I can make it up. I’m no longer taking Digital Photo (ended up being more rudimentary than I had imagined) and I can’t get myself to carry my camera with me at all times, nor can I even get myself to pull it out and shoot when I find something interesting. In terms of my Baltimore lifestyle, constant photographing doesn’t seem to fit in. For shame.
Anyway, I took some progress pictures of my first assignment for Intaglio/Relief. It’s a repetition print using individual “blocks” (made out of a rubber stencil material adhered to a backer) to almost create a pattern.
The printing was kind of awful. I kept getting smears of ink on the edges of the blocks (which I cut down to a smaller size, hoping to prevent that…) and I couldn’t erase it away because the paper I was using (Mulberry) was too thin. However, I’m happy with the results as this is my first relief print.
