Experiment: Relief Printing

Here's another print that I only recently received back from my professor. This was the first print I did last spring in my relief printing class, and it ended up being my favorite.

Here are the other prints I did that class, for good measure. (You may remember seeing the last print here in my first post: The Opening Theory.)

Experiment: Latch hook

As an artist, I often look at things I find it stores and say, "I could make that." Or I might say, "Oh that's so cool!" Or I might say, "That is sooo expensive!" You'd be surprised how often I say all three at once. So it goes without saying (but I will say it anyway) that I find myself drawn to crafts.

I found this awesome tutorial for a latch hook rug last month and decided to give it a try. I've been working on acquiring supplies and cutting fabric ever since. For my rug, I decided to use fabric scraps I already owned, rather than going out and buying mass t-shirts. I have lots of fabric I've been saving for no particular project and decided I might as well use it. I did a small latch hook project when I was younger, made of yarn, so I'm somewhat familiar with the process. It's one of those repetitive tasks that I enjoy for some reason.

The rug will be 37"x30" (the canvas is cut that size, at least; I will probably have to cutoff excess at the end). I am using whatever color fabric I have. So far, that's been a lot of red/pinks and green, with a bit of black and blue.

I went ahead and started the actual hooking process, even though I doubt I've cut enough fabric yet. It's slow going, but as I said, I enjoy it. I will continue to cut and latch and post my progress.

Experiment: Comics

In honor of finally taking another comics studio this new quarter, here are scans of a large-scale comic I did last spring that I just received back from my teacher. The assignment was to create a page that would look right in a  Kramers Ergot book (here is the Amazon.com link to Kramers Ergot 7). This piece is 23"x29", if I remember correctly. A pain and a half to create, but so satisfying.

Large file.

Several close-up images: