Gelatin Printmakers @ Play

2010, Haverhill / /

Printmakers @ Play

Wednesday, December 2, 2009 6:00 – 8:30 PM
@ the Studio @ 93 Essex St. Haverhill, MA

Hands on – Open Studio night for anyone who has taken a gelatin printmaking class/workshop. My vision is that we will all come together print, share ideas, and have fun.

I will have gelatin plates, brayers, ink and some paper available. If you have all your own supplies then the evening is free. If you need supplies then the cost is $10.00. I am hoping that this could be a monthly event. So to reserve your space email me at lgcreate@yahoo.com  

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Rust Prints with trace monotype print

2010, trace monoprint / /
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This is a portion of one of the rust prints that I experiemented with this past weekend.  I rusted over a trace monoprint that was done with black ink.  I am going to try another one today.  I am using a rusty cookie sheet.  One that got ruined by the gelatin plates.  Enjoy!
I came across acouple of calls for entry last night that I am excited about. http://www.ipcny.org/exhib/exhib_np/edit_np_w10/call_for_entries_w10.html and http://www.torpedofactory.org/galleries/targetcallforentry.htm  Good stuff!

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Great Day – in New England

2010, Uncategorized / /
Sunday – Sunny and warm for the first day of November.  I took a pile of photos of some of my gelatin prints.  I struggled and then gave up and learned the limits of my camera and lighting.  I can always improve and be patient for now.  The rust prints are progressing.  I figured one way to control the rust image is to scratch the metal.  It helps that my studio is in a machine shop.  Plenty of metal around to rust up! I found gapingvoid on twitter. He inspires me to do 200 drawing in 30 days!  I worked on a bunch of collages today.  Right now they are a gross gray, green, blue color.  It is time to sand them. Enjoy! http://www.linda-germain.com/

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Fun – is the Order of the day

2010, rust prints / /

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I am inspried by rusty and distressed things.  I have collected a bunch of rust in my travels and tried a couple of rust prints.  Today, I am doing a couple more. 

  1. I started with some old prints that I did on good paper,
  2. Soaked them,
  3. Chose some rusty items
  4. Spritzed the rusty stuff with water
  5. Put them under pressure
  6. Wait and see what happens

I am usually not very good at the wait and see part.  I am also playing with as series of collages that start with a base of security envelopes, paint, sanding, collaging back and forth until complete.  I am inspired by Dean Nimmer’s book Art from Intuition. I like his idea of sorting my artwork into piles like, dislike, like but needs something.

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Time to Play

2010, Uncategorized / /
Today I did some reading, played with some collages and struggled again with my paypal button.  I think it is a problem with blogger software.  I am hoping it is temporary and will fix itself.  I was reminded of Artist Congress 2009 that is meeting at the Boston Public Library.  Sound like lots of free information.  The Ghost print workshop that I taught last night was fun for all.  Everyone came in with inspiration for their prints.  They are seeing their world differently now.  They are noticing textures, share and potential printmaking tools.  Yeah!!!  I have been reading Ignore Everybody and 39 other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod.  It is funny, straight forward and helpful.  http://www.linda-germain.com/ http://lindagermain.blogspot.com/

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