August in the Print Shop

Bon jour!

Today I am going to show-and-tell about printmaking!  I had the opportunity to use the resources at the Alexander Hall print shop in the slow summer months, and I used my time to explore monoprinting.  I have not felt so creatively free in years as I did while in the shop, putting together spontaneous compositions, free of pressure.  The shop was literally dead in the times that I worked there, which was such a strange but wonderful thing for my head and body to have so much space.  I love spreading out, and I had the valuable space in the shop all to myself.

This is not my first time printmaking!  Luckily I have used the shop before, so I could handle all of the clean-up, and I was aware of the possibilities open to me in the studio.  I took Intro to Etching the winter quarter of my sophomore year, so I knew my way around.  With a little help from the shop tech I was off and running with Mary Ann, the press that I used to pull all of my monoprints on.

I am so happy to have used my time to start my experimentation/solo project in printmaking.  I don't think that I can do without it, now.

Let the show begin!

meet Mary Ann, and the SCAD-Savannah print shop!

a little guy that's just been pulled

My junk spanned three tables!  told you that I like to spread out.

This ink pigment is called Trophies Brown.  I think I'm in love.

the prints laid out off the press

Made this with a hand-cut stencil.  I pulled the print through on newsprint, reapplied ink,
scratched the plexiglass with a brush handle and paper towel, and pulled again.

monoprint with Cicada wings and hemp string

monoprint with Cicada wings, gauze, and gauze string

the prints are hanging in my studio to dry!