3D prints

 I scanned in a box that was used for earplugs and inkjet printed it over a monoprint. This gave me the idea to make some large size 3D earplug boxes which I did.  Some were made from prints, and one was simply the packaging blown up, printed and reassembled.

 

 

The End of Days

I am here, in the lull before the degree show when everything is so quiet that I am wondering what I have forgotten to do.  Here are some images of the degree show set up and things before, when everything was just a blur of assessments and presentations and clearing spaces and painting.

 

Etching part 2

I had to reground my plates after all and still got foul bite but printed them anyway. 

Day 7

A little bit of etching today.  I prepared the plates and then wondered if you could print using soft ground and indeed you can, although I think I have pulled too much ground from the plates for them to etch without foul biting now so I may have to start all over again tomorrow.  Here are the soft ground prints.

Day 6 - 2 prints and more varnish

I made 2 large prints today, a thread print and associated ghost print and then I varnished 3 more prints.  The thread print was an experiment printing red on black.  It looks dark and menacing which is what I wanted and the emboss was so good it took a small piece of the paper with it to leave a bullet hole shape.

I am loving the way the varnish takes away the matt, 'dusty' look of the print and will have to get fresh supplies this week to do a few more. 

Day 5/Dawn 1 - Epson Inkjet 0

Only did inkjet printing today which doesn't count as 'real' printing in my book.  Using this printer frightens me, not in the least because it has a tendency to stop printing part-way through my prints and ruining them.  When I'm printing over my monoprints there might be 2 hours work on the paper before I start and it's very frustrating if something goes wrong.  Kittens are generally had.  Today was no exception except this time I put the paper back in (the opposite way around as the printer wouldn't accept it the original way around) and printed the same print again.  The disruption of the image and the break in the print actually fits in with my themes quite well so today, for once, it was Dawn 1 - Printer 0

 

Then I varnished some of my prints and what a difference it makes.  I used the satin and matt varnishes for oil paintings on parts of the print that I wanted to stand out and it really lifted the colours and textures.  I may be buying a larger brush and using it on all my prints ...

Day 4

These were the tools of my trade today

I walked about 5 miles in 6 hours to create a huge skein of thread as a wall piece.

I also temporarily blocked a fire exit as passers-by were fond of telling me. 

Easter holidays now, back on Tuesday for more printing.