STEAMROLLER

And update from this past summer:

On June 25th, I got to help coordinate and particpate in an event called Steamroller, a joint fundraiser for Danceworks and RedLine Milwaukee. Particpating artists did large scale woodblocks that were inked-up and printed in the street with a steamroller! The prints were then auctioned of in the RedLine gallery.

Here are some images from the event:

My block, in progress. 48 x 48", this was the largest woodcut I have ever done!

Detail:

Blocks, lined up to print:

Steamroller:

Pulling giant prints:

My finished print in the gallery "Three Hares":

Handmade Meaning

In December I installed this piece for a show called "Handmade Meaning - the value of craft in Victorian and contemporary culture" at the James Waltrous Gallery in Madison, WI. The show showcased many contemporary Wisconsin artists and crafters interspersed with Victorian arts and craft pieces. My piece was from the "Rat King" trypdych that I first installed in 2008 at Paper Boat Boutique and Gallery in Milwaukee.






The piece is a collage of relief printed cut-outs. The rats on the wall had to be re-printed for the installation. So much has changed in the past three years. In 2008, because of my studio circumstances the rats had to each be hand printed with a barren using water based inks. Now I get to use the facilities at RedLine- printing with a press with so many inks to choose from (I still had to use water-based to emulated the look of the original framed piece.)



The original Installation at Paper Boat:




Handmade Meaning runs until February 6th.

(Handmade Meaning photos by Monica Gorko)

Rats

From my show at Paper Boat Boutique and Gallery:



The show runs October 3- November 23rd
The reception will be October 17th (gallery night) 7-10pm

Hope to see you there!

Flickr Find: Incredible Printmaker!

Woodcut print by Jenny Pope.

These prints are too incredible. She prints in reductive woodcut, similar to the style I used on my bee and dead bird prints. I don't know much about her, but some e-sleuthing linked me to her profile page on the Ithaca Fine Chocolates Art Bar website.

Check out more of her work on her flickr page.

I made it!

My show opening at A-hem was so much fun! Now it's time for some serious business: serious printmaking business.

I just ordered a ton of linoleum to work on a new suite this summer (top secret!) that will hopefully be stellar enough to approach a gallery. Also, there's the real business to tend to, finding funding for the studio. I get nervous just thinking about it.

SGCKCMOPIX

Pictures I took at the SGC conference in Kansas City can be seen on my flickr page if anybody is interested. I don't have much to say except that it was totally awesome. The coordinators this time did an excellent job and Kari and I took full advantage of the offerings. Our days were filled with panels, discussions, demos, and I think we went to every gallery opening on the list. We also got to spend Sunday wondering around the city, and I reacquainted myself with some old friends:

SGC 2007 March 21-25

I'm incredibly excited to visit my old stomping grounds (Kansas City) for the 2007 Southern Graphics Printmaking Council Conference. It's a big hoopla where printmakers from all over get together and network, have panel discussions, seminars, technique demos, gallery shows, print exchanges and a big product fair. I'm going to nerd it up with my good friend Kari, and hopefully we'll aquire the knowledge and motivation we need to really move forward with our studio idea (that's the idea anyway).

Everyone who is an SGC member gets to take part in a general print exchange where you make twelve prints and get ten prints in return at random. The other two are kept for the KCAI and SGC collections. This years theme is Cartography and I was way excited because instead of doing a regular print format, all the prints will be folded into pamphlets (part of the requirments for a true print exchange is that everyone participating must create prints in the same size and format). For my print I did a simple three color screen print using my old-timey bird portrait idea, only this time I made the birds into sailors with compass roses. I used this really sweet gold ink that I've never printed with before, because Darryl from MIAD is awesome.

I'll update when I get back next Monday with pics of all the fun!