Monotype prints

 With the monotype print there can only be one finished product. As you can see once the surface of the plate is painted the paper can be pressed onto the plate then pealed away giving you one print. This print is more of an abstract print with symmetry. If you didn't know it was a print it seems to look like it was actually painted on the paper. But the draw backs to this style of print is that each print will be different from the next no mater how hard you may try to recreate it, and pealing the paper from the plate may make the paint smear and change the finish product.

Bird on perch

The type of print that I chose for this weeks blog is a relief print made from a wood carving. The relief print is from a carving of a cedar waxwing perched on top of a dead birch tree stump. In the first picture, you are able to see how the artist made the carving. The second photo is the final print that was created using the ink on the carving.  In my opinion, this is a very fascinating picture that could makes lots of money. Yet, this unknown artist does not want to accept money.

M.C. Escher "Reptiles"

This is a piece by M.C. Escher. It's called "Reptiles" and is a lithograph made in 1943. A lithograph is the method of printing when the work is etched onto a coating of wax that has been applied to a plate of lithographic stone. Only the etched piece will take up the ink, and the area that isn't supposed to be printed is treated to repel the ink. Escher is well known for doing most if not all of his works in a print form. When I first saw this, I thought it was a drawing because of all the shading and details. 

-Tara

Screen Prints

This piece is titled "A Shot of Marilyn Monroe" by Andy Warhol. This is one of his most famous pieces of all

 time. This specific piece has been altered countless times in all different colors and arrangements of the faces

 The amountof faces change and the colors and patterns used change all the time. The fact that so many people have taken Andy Worhols piece and changed it in so many different ways shows how truly exceptional this print really is. Also the fact that is is a print makes it that easy for every person to alter it little by little and put their own spin on the piece. 

Etching - Drypoint by Sir Francis Seymour Haden

Sir Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

An etching entitled: Twickenham Church, by Sir Francis Haden.

Medium: Drypoint

The tool used is a drypoint needle. 

A great amount of "thick burring" for the ink placed emphasis on the left side of the etching in the details of the trees and the thicket of reeds in the foreground, as well as the figure in the center foreground. 

The church is depicted in the center,background, in which thinner burrs for a lighter tone of inking was used by Haden. The same technique was used for the additional landscape and trees in the background across the right side of this piece.

Relief Print

This is an example of relief printing. The artist took a block of wood and carved into it what his final image was to look like. After running ink over it, the ink would be more prominent on the higher pieces of wood. This would leave the pieces carved out to stay with no color. The final product can be mass produced by adding more ink to the block of wood. It takes longer to carve out the wood then to actually paint the image, but makes it easier to reproduce. I love this image. It reminds me of equality and justice for all. It is extremely intricate and must of taken a long time to create.

Screen Printed T-shirts

These two shirts are T-shirts which my friend and I created when we started our company We Are Martians and were screen printed. The logos are designed by us and then sent to a company who puts the design and the shirt into the screen printer and then the logos are printed on.

Dan Schneider

Monotype print

This is a monotype print done by Stuart Shils who is a mainly painter and monotype printer. To achieve this print, Shils had to first paint this image onto a surface which he then laid paper over, transferred the image, and peeled back. This particular method of printing is interesting because they have to actually paint the image and then can usually only make one print of the image because most of the paint is transferred the first time. I think it is interesting that he would chose to make this a print rather than just painting it.

-Leah

Helen Aldous is an artist from  England who typically works with prints but also has dabbled in using computer generated design. One thing I found interesting is that on her website she says,  "Whilst enjoying the computer as a medium I have been drawn back to the hands on nature of printmaking for the satisfaction of texture and process." This shows that as an artist the easier way to make something will not necessarily yield the same end feeling. This particular work is a linocut. It is entitled "

Mum Forcefield V The Bed Monsters"

What stood out to me was the use of color and line in this piece which makes it so striking. 

Prints People

This print is called "The Union" by Lynnette Shelley.  Many of her works are done with wild animals, but they are captured very graciously.  She has beautiful use of color and the blending of all of them together creates the perfect feel of "union".  Thick lines are used to determine edges and what belongs with what, but this just gives the print clear shapes, which continuously moves the viewer’s eye.  The patterns and different textures in the back ground add space to the print, but at the same time do not take away from the details of the elephants.  She really captured the beauty of these elephants.

Emily

Intaglio Art

This is a piece of intaglio artwork. The process was rather complicated. The artist carved out the picture then later applied a greasy like material on the parts that he did not want colored. He then added water and ink to the surface and the ink sunk into the areas that we of course not greased leaving the artwork to appear as it does on the left. This is a very large piece of art that when seem up close there is a tremendous amount of details. Much of hard work and thought went into this intaglio piece of art.
-Michelle Ketcham

Printmaking

This is a silkscreen print of Jackie Kennedy done by Andy Warhol. This print shows Warhol's trademark use of popular culture icons and bright, vibrant colors. Warhol did many silkscreens of pop culture icons. In this print, color is used effectively even though there is not a lot of variation in color. The primary colors used are black, blue, red, and beige. As seen at the tips of the hair, some of the colors bleed over. This could have been intentional or unintentional.

Linoleum Print

This is a linoleum print, titled Lupines at Night, by artist Andrea Emmons. Linoleum print (or linocut) is a variant of woodcut in which a sheet of linoleum is used for the relief surface. A design is cut into the surface with a sharp knife or chisel. The raised areas represent a mirrored image of the parts to show printed. The sheet is then inked with a roller and impressed onto paper or fabric. It can be done by hand or with a press. The good thing about linoleum is that it is much easier to cut than wood, however it is more fragile and is harder to make larger works. This work is a great example of the fine detail that goes into creating a linocut. You can see where the cuts were made by the color of the ink.

Relief Print

 These two works are both Relief Prints. They were made by carving a picture into a block of wood, seen in the top picture, and then rolling ink over the wood, seen in the bottom picture. this causes the ink to stay on the raised parts of the drawing creating a texture you can see and feel.


-Molly

Printmaking

This woodcut print is called "Lucas" by the famous artist Chuck Close. Close is notorious for his amazing printmaking and realistic portraits. The process of making a woodcut is very difficult and time consuming. First, Close had to draw his image on a block of wood. Next, he or she must gouge out the parts of the wood that they do not want to be printed. Then the image is pressed on paper to transfer the ink and complete to piece.

-Melissa Mastrorilli

The Great Wave.

This piece, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, or most commonly known as just "The Great Wave" by famous japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai, is made by a color woodblock print. This piece is very famously known for its very intricate detailing for it being a woodprint, which is very difficult to do considering the wood's hard and tough texture. Yet, Hokusai was able to create atmospheric perspective by creating what seems to be Mt. Fuji in the background, and also implied space by making the boats seem distant.

-Alfonso Robles

lithography

This artwork is titled "Home".  It is a print using the lithography method.  This form of printing is done on a flat surface.  The mage is drawn on a stone, it is then treated with an acid and the image is then put into the printer.  Lithography means that the ink is not on or below the surface and has no engraving.  The image id drawn on the stone with a grease-based crayon or ink.  Each color in the piece are done with different stones.  This form of printing became popular in the 19th century

--Dana-Lynn

Engraving- Alice

 This is an engraving of the famous book Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll.  The artist is Sir John Tenniel and back in the 1890's this type of printmaking was very popular.  Throughout the original edition of this book, are these type fun scenes chronicling fantastic events.  Engraving is done by carving deep lines into a metal plate. Then soakig the plate in ink and wiping off the excess from the shallower surface.  What is left is the ink in the deep surface and then the plate is run through a printing press and usually printed onto paper.

John Edward Borein Monotype

The monotype of this cowboy is an excellent as example of this type of print.  Borein uses a variety of colors that run through the work to create the landscape that is intended.  Also seen is the way that some of the green landscape became more yellow than green after being run through the press.  The cowboy's clothes are also several different shades of blue.  Overall, Borein gives us a scene that is perfect for this style of prints.

M Rizzi

Linoleum Print

This is an example of a linoleum print. Linoleum print is when a soft material is carved so that the ink has somewhere to seep into to and then pressed onto a paper. This specific linoleum piece shows the depth at which the carvings were made. The darker portions of this print means that the carvings were deeper than that of the lighter portions where the carvings were shallow. The entire piece shows very fine detail and is a great example of a type of print making done.