Yay, I bought a press! Yes, it's a tiny one, called a "Baby Press". Laugh all you like. I promise to only press paper and inked things, no babies.The arrival had me on pins and needles. Yesterday I received four separate packages. They contained the...
This is a continuation of yesterday's post about building a jig to test a type of registration where the paper is lined up in one corner and the block is lined up in the opposite corner.[block and paper in the jig]I found some pretty serious...
While I've been getting great results from the single-pass printing designs that I've been doing, I really want to be able to express myself with more complex designs. The reason I was learning about transparent ink is so that I can design art with multiple...
To achieve the effect that I want in my printmaking, I will need to learn to control all aspects of the ink. Opacity is a huge factor, turning ink from a solid layer that obliterates any color beneath it to a transparent layer that interacts...
I brought my new printing blocks to the show in Humboldt this weekend, even though I'm not selling woodwork or prints at all. It helps me to explain to others where I'm headed with the business if I can give them a visual and tactile...
After building the CNC carving machine, I had to learn how to design parts for it to cut out. When people hear that I have a CNC machine, they often say something like, "Oh, so the computer just makes this?" Well, not really. There's a...
[baggies of parts][assembly][more assembly][wiring means it's almost done][the robot is awake. "Hello, World!"]In manufacturing, there are two major categories of technology, additive and subtractive. Additive technology is pretty new. 3D printing works by adding new material and building up a model from nothing.Subtractive technology, on...
Yesterday I cut, sanded, and shellacked a batch of printing plates. Today I did some tests to see how the birch plywood would perform compared to the scrap wood that I've been using.[scary looking splinters]My first view of the birch straight from the carver was...
I learned a lot by hanging my work in front of customers this past weekend. There were few customers so I ended up staring at my work for hours. (Those who know me also know that sitting still for hours at a time does not...
If you've been following along the last few weeks, you know that I'm taking advantage of the only show that I do where the artist gets approved and can bring whatever type of art they'd like. I've test marketed wooden signs and wooden image blocks...
