Nil Santana
Nil Santana You’re right. I had seeing that one as well. Both are very intere…More »
Julie Neill reminds me of this white stripes video: http://www.youtube.com/wa…More »
Brandy Rains I think all three artists had incredible stories to tell, but I e…More »
Brittany Reynolds I enjoyed reading “Storytelling in Gropper’s Late Etchings”. I th…More »
Sam Russell I enjoyed the Fritz Eichenberg’s article. I decided to view the w…More »
Sarahcuda After reading this journal about Printmaking and Storytelling my …More »
Chelsey Tatum Absolutely not. I think there is a lot to be said about the p…More »
Sarahcuda I don’t think that printmaking is dead. I do believe that less …More »
Brandy Rains I agree with everyone else so far. And also, I seem to be unorigi…More »
Nil Santana I am really enjoying the comments so far. Eventually, we all agre…More »
Shawn Ogden Is printmaking dead? Is art dead? How can we know for sure, and w…More »
Leanne Kawahigashi After reading the article, I don’t think that printmaking is dead…More »
Shennae Steele Don’t think printmaking is dead because they are different toys a…More »
Brittany Reynolds I think that printmaking is not dead. There may be different ways…More »
Stephanie Cochran I do not think that printmaking is dead. It may have evolved int…More »
Sam Russell Firstly, Mr. Ken Johnson receives the “Fat Bag of Fail Award”…More »
Last class, Shawn sparked an interesting conversation, something I’ve been interested in for a while — the use of objects to represent pixels, then, render an image. In his case, coins, pennies precisely. Below are some cool examples of how much one can “destroy” an image, eliminating the details, and yet roughly represented, it is clear what that depicts.
Music video done with dice.
Your Final Project — Brief:
Any technique, any materials, any size. Open subject matter.
You turn in: TWO final images, matted on white matte-board.
All images matted on 16×20 white matte-board
Solarplate etching is a new alternative to traditional metal plate etching, which does not require the use of grounds and acids. Solarplate is a light sensitized steel backed polymer material used by artists as an alternative to hazardous printing techniques. It’s a simple, safer, and faster approach than traditional etching and relief printing.
Technique at a glance:
