I recently remembered a lesson taught to me by a friend who has experience purifying clay for pottery. Water can be used to sort the sizes of particles. Time is the factor that sorts them - larger particles settle first while the tiny particles that...
A while back I think I posted that I was interested in exploring the use of local pigments in my ink. I probably said something like, "I am sure I can control myself and keep this from consuming too much of my time." Well, if...
For anyone who's following along, I'm sorry for the lag in posting. This is the season when I need to focus on show applications and cloth production for the upcoming show season. That means there isn't much time for developing a new business, much less...
Beginner's luck, that's what I'm calling my last month of success with the registration jig. I've pulled hundreds of impressions with fantastic registration and no problems.[Jig and print]Well, that run came to an end today. I decided to try cranking up the press tension 1/4...
I really am trying to avoid "rabbit holes" while I develop the new printmaking business. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between a diversion and the development of a personal style. This next little project is right on the edge.The mountainous area where I...
Remember how I learned about drying one ink layer before printing the next one? Well, what I haven't learned yet is how to tell if the previous layers are dry. In past experiments I baked the prints in a toaster oven and let them sit...
Weeks ago I stopped trying to produce the kind of art that I want to produce in order to focus on learning the basic qualities of my ink. I think I've finally got a decent enough grasp of those basics that I can start producing...
So, I still feel like I have a lot of basics to cover before I'm ready to really start designing and producing artwork that's even sort of under my control. Since there is a lot of drying time required for each layer of these tests,...
It's funny how a simple tool can make such a big difference. I've been leaning the blocks against the edge of the ink slab to roll them. The angle was awkward and the height of the glass meant that I kept getting ink on the...
I think I'm starting to get my head wrapped around the difficulties that I have with making an ink opaque enough to cover the inks below it. This is kind of a prerequisite to controlling the transparency in order to create complex tones from just...
