Prints!

I finished carving my wood blocks and decided on colors for the prints. (Below) are some test prints on drawing paper. My final red, green and black prints were printed on Hosho paper.

I decided to try out some different colors and techniques. So I learned how to do a rainbow roll, which I really really enjoyed!

Then my teacher taught us how to make this mini screens out of everyday materials - fabric, embroidery hoop and glue. I decided to do a kdub logo

I then printed it on the back of one of my tank tops :]

Here is a sneak peek of what's coming next....

Wood Block Carving

Recently in my class we have start wood block carving. My key block is a 8" x10'' piece of birch plywood. First we are making a key block which will be our black layer and then print it on the other two blocks to figure out the rest of the design. So in the end i will have a 3 color woodblock print.

I was using hand wood carving tools but soon remembered I own a Dremel tool.



So I decided to use it instead...



I really enjoy wood carving and 'wood' like to expand. I'm looking forward to producing some sculptures with wood carving techniques in the fall.

Letterpress

So recently my class and I learned how to use the letterpress and our assignment was to create a business card. I chose to use the Mystery Font and this decal for the front. I also decided to make my card front and back.

Front

Back

If I were to fix it I would of made the text color on the back black. Also oriented the '@' more in the center. The '@' is from a different set of type.

But this upcoming week I am going to make a whole new set, hopefully with two or more layers on one side.

Summer Class

So I started my Summer class this past week. I am taking a Printmaking DIY/Grassroots class with Nick Naughton. We will be working on the letterpress, silkscreening and exploring wood block carving. Our first assignment was to make a zine....here are some images from the zine that I made...

The images were in color before but I changed them to black and white due to my funds going towards duplicating these. hahaha