Visual Artist
These two prints, chine colle of paper images, are spectacular. Not a bubble or a ripple in them. SO so happy with how my press and I performed together today, especially since I STRUGGLED with chine colle in my printmaking classes forever. More to do on top of them, possibly. I will have to “sit” with them a bit, find out what they are asking for.
The plain one asked for buttons to be painted in around her. The other is asking for washers (the machine kind, not the appliance).
I went to my friend Debbie’s house and she taught me about fabric painting. It’s way cool. I did some things to go into my art. Tomorrow, more time in the studio.
My youngest daughter Claire is now Jojo-ing with me. She is a fantastic photographer and has been for many many years, even though she is a young 15.
I remember photos she took of the Altamont Pass in 2003, so seven years ago, that were awesome. I did a whole series of paintings from them.
Anyway, here’s a photo she took of the doll, paired up with some art I made in the art class I’m teaching.
Enjoy!
My press isn’t hot, in the thermal sense. But it’s starting to warm up with this new series of art. Here’s the first of 15 pieces I’ll be creating for a show in May to pair up with some photojojos.
The plate (tree) is from a 1780 encyclopedia I just bought on French Agriculture (CAA through CRE) paired up with my little paper doll. It turned out just as I wanted it to. Swell. On to a few more this afternoon.
I made some good progress on art making today, despite several interruptions. Some good like a visit from a friend, and some not so good like the server computer (iMac 24) starting to overheat and doing some weird screen stuff.
I got it cooled down enough to get SMC Fan Control installed, and that let me up the cooling fan RPMs enough to keep it at a nice 75-9oF, which should do the trick for awhile. A new 27″ iMac is way expensive, though also way cool.
Here’s a shot of some of the art making – I’m ready to start making prints tomorrow.