Wednesday, February 15, 2006
MOVIE: Aspen Grove pigment application
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8 blocks printed
You asked about how I mix and apply pigment...
When printing very pale colors, I generally add pigment dispersion or dry pigment to rice paste or methyl cellulose, mix well, and then dab that onto the damp block and brush out. For more saturated colors, I mix a substantial amount of dry pigment into a bit of paste and water and let stand overnight, stirring well the following day prior to printing -- OR -- I use pigment dispersion (a pigment-saturated liquid which mixes freely into water) as I demonstrate in the movie below. I add the pigment directly into a damp area of the block and then brush out until I achieve an even and satiny surface suitable for printing.
click the '>' play button when it appears to play the movie
8 blocks printed
detail
-- Mike
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¶ 11:43 AM
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Mike,
I came across your site through a link, and I am totally impressed, and in awe, of what you have created for yourself. I'm trying to set up a print shop, and I am trying to figure out how to build things like light tables, drying racks, flat files.... But that's just baby stuff next to what you have done. Thanks for videotaping so much and posting it for other printmakers to oogle at.
I came across your site through a link, and I am totally impressed, and in awe, of what you have created for yourself. I'm trying to set up a print shop, and I am trying to figure out how to build things like light tables, drying racks, flat files.... But that's just baby stuff next to what you have done. Thanks for videotaping so much and posting it for other printmakers to oogle at.
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: 8:58 PM
: 8:58 PM
Dad-
I LOVE the huge aspen print-- I WANT ONE FOR MY HOUSE!! (please?) and the video is very cool-- you've made such a great system with the new press and drawer system. YOU ARE SUCH a GENIUS! love you! Im so proud! hehe!
love,
Legs
I LOVE the huge aspen print-- I WANT ONE FOR MY HOUSE!! (please?) and the video is very cool-- you've made such a great system with the new press and drawer system. YOU ARE SUCH a GENIUS! love you! Im so proud! hehe!
love,
Legs
# posted by : 10:25 PM
: 10:25 PM
Mike, I am wondering why you seem to have settled on 8 impressions for these large prints, since you are now automated, and you did twice that many or more reduction 'plates' when you were doing the nudes. It's an issue I'm wrestling with right now. The 2 prints so fare are beautiful to look at. I hope you can post them so we can see them straight on. Oh, and thanks for the demo. No rice paste? No goma-zuri?
Richard Stockham
Richard Stockham
# posted by : 7:25 PM
: 7:25 PM
Mike,
I have been waiting for you to finish this print, but now I'm thinking maybe it is finished. Hard to tell with reduction printing.
The deep perspective of this image is quite beguiling. The botanical theme continues, I like the way you are illustrating the organic origins of the print. Where to next I wonder?
Thanks for letting us watch.
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I have been waiting for you to finish this print, but now I'm thinking maybe it is finished. Hard to tell with reduction printing.
The deep perspective of this image is quite beguiling. The botanical theme continues, I like the way you are illustrating the organic origins of the print. Where to next I wonder?
Thanks for letting us watch.
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