My First Prints

I've been taking a printmaking class this semester and I absolutely love it. I've actually decided I'm going to major in it.

So here are the prints I've been working on.

Orchid Botanical Study, copper etching (this was my first ever print!)

Map Of Chicago, copper etching (I got a lot of requests on this one. I really love it.)

Yummy Food, embossing (I used glue which is why it isn't  very clear. It leaves a very light and smooth imprint in the paper when you run it through the press.)

 Beginning process for an embossing I'll be doing for my Conceptual Practices class. This is the only photo I have of me and my father, and it was taken one month after I was born.

My newest print, Yummy Food mini colograph. This was the tester, so before you start judging let me just say that I will be lightening it up around the food and giving it more highlights. But for the most part I'm pleased with it.

Photo update..

I haven't updated in a while, and I have a list of artwork that I have to photograph and put up, but I thought I might as well start with these photos I took a couple weekends ago. They're dark and grainy, but I liked playing with the bubbles (they inspired me for a later project, which you'll see below). I was just enjoying the company of some friends and decided to capture the moment.

Ally is always a pleasure to work with. She helped me with the next project I did, and these are a sort of preview to it...

My best friend is such a frickin boss.

Conceptual Practices Assignment Uno

So we just turned in our first conceptual practices assignment and I was pretty pleased with what I did. The project was to create 3 pieces that represented Irony, Beauty, and Art. It took me a while to figure out what I wanted to do but I like where I was going with it. The next project is doing a transcription of a modern artist's painting. I can't say I like the class or the instructor, but he let's us do whatever we want so that's pretty nice.

Anyways, these are those pieces...(Irony is my favorite, just sayin')...

 

"Art"

"Beauty"

"Irony"

End of Summer

I ended summer with 2 rolls of film that really captured what is most important to me and why I do photography to begin with. It has been an extremely stressful transition for me and my whole family; not only did my family move into a new home but I recently moved out. I really needed my camera to help me through it and to help me remove myself from the moment so I could see it from the other side of the glass.

These are the images that saved me.

Cards for a Craft Show

I was invited to participate in a craft show down in Venice this summer so I created some blank Florida themed cards (seeming as I was going to be selling to an older crowd I figured I'd have the most luck with them). I made 8 different cards, scanned them in, and then had Sir Speedy print out 10 of each. My boyfriend came up with a cute bumble bee logo I put on the back of the card.

My booth was in between the booth with the hot-glued shell collages and the plywood dog cutouts. Needless to say, my biggest buyers were my grandmother and my mom's coworker. I guess it could be expected seeming as it's not season yet, but I think I'm allowed to be a bit disappointed.

Anyways, I did 4 flower themed and 4 ocean themed. Here they are :)

 Water Lilly

 Orange Blossoms

Daisies

An Orchid

Turtles

Shells

Flamingos

Sea Horse (for my Mom)