This has nothing to do with making art, thinking about art, or looking at art…but I am so excited for this:

I’ve already listened to (the album version of) “Written in Reverse” five times. Otherwise, nothing new on the Western front.

Well, Thanksgiving Break is over and I’ve got class again tomorrow morning. It was nice having some time to sleep and collect my thoughts about other projects that aren’t related to Tamarind, but I’m ready to be back in the shop.

Our next project for class is CMYK printing. I made a quick collage, scanned it in and added a few things digitally. I figure this will be challenging enough to keep me busy for a while.

Since I haven’t posted in months, I haven’t had the opportunity to post the latest screenprint I’ve made. You see, I went home for three days in October (fall break. kind of a joke) and promptly got sick. Somehow, I made time to screenprint and fell short of what I had wanted to print…but I did finish something that I genuinely like.

The photo is not the best but you get the idea. We had been printing solely in black ink at Tamarind so it was really great to go home and give in to the color. A lot of the layers are repeated from my last print…that’s because I didn’t really have a lot of time to make new screens nor did my power washer work. So there you have it.

Hello & pardon my silence! I’ve been at the Tamarind Institute since the end of August (probably since I last wrote) and my mind has been occupied with lithography and sleep (and occasionally New Mexican food) 24/7. Here’s a selection of photos from the T:

I think this might have been the 5th or 6th project. Water tusche washes on stone. Up until this point, I was scrambling so much I didn’t even think about taking photos.

The student side of the shop.

Printer Training Program ’09-’10, minus Preston. From l to r- Jen, Peter, Me, Jon.

Balloon Fiesta! We pretty much saw the ascention (when all of the balloons take off) from the highway en route to the park, but still good.

Visiting artist Kaye Green & I, rock hoppin’ in the Sandia mountains

Printer Training Program in a tree! Me, Peter, Preston, Jon, Jen

Sponging for Bill on the pro side. The image on the stone is one of Kaye Green’s.

Bill! And an essential part of Tamarind culture – the NYT daily crossword.

Mixing colors for our second collaboration.

Peter, getting ready to print run 2 of my image for our second collaboration.

Large blended flats (three words that should make you pee your pants with fright!)

Newsprint from my first blended flat.

From our trip to Takach. Here, they’re ball-graining aluminum plates!

Now, here’s some art that I’ve made:

My image for our first collaboration. Printed by Preston.

My image for our second collaboration (totally inspired by Tron). Printed by Peter.

I know that was kind of a quick and dirty way of catching everyone up to what I’ve been doing, so I apologize. Email me if you want all the juicy details. Love all y’all! I’ll actually post more stuff from now on, hold me to it!