Forgotten Photos

Don't you just hate it when you forget to take a photo of your works in progress.. despite having brought your camera with you specifically for that purpose?

well i do.

haha

I think because our printmaking teacher Margaret was away today i must have become disoriented.. and it did take me ages to do everything.
Such nervousness! I had no Margaret to help with the setting up of the fume cabinet and pouring/setting out of acid - so i was obliged to do it all myself.
I didn't blow myself up so i consider it to have been a success
bonus - was able to etch my zinc plate (7 minutes in 8:1) clean it off, set up the water trough tray, put my paper in, set the press which was weirdly missing its blankets and acetate, so i had to find those and put them in. Also had to clean the glass i was going to put my ink onto - it was definitely NOT clean... and they are meant to be left CLEAN (grr)
had issues with the thickness of the ink, didn't mix in enough "easy wipe" had to re-ink my plate. couldn't find any Tarletan, had to make do with the yellow pages paper and tissue paper.
Printed twice, cleaned the plate, put the press to bed, cleaned my spot. Degreased my plate and put some more Hard Ground on it.. will be working more on it at home. and put away the acid.

man i wish i had taken photos.  i got more done than i thought i would, especially with there being no margaret.

Did have a bit of a scare though. I had finished etching my plate and was just walking around getting things and i felt like there was a burning spot on my arm!
ran over to the sink and washed my arm thoroughly and the burning sensation went away. Phew! first time i've had an acid scare like that.
I'm always worried about it though.. i mean.. its acid, pretty dangerous.

No wonder Artists in the past didnt really live very long.. all the toxins that were used

Bonus photos (because i dont like to have so much text and there be no pictures) of an etching i made in 2008

Reclaimed by the Sea, 2008



And that etching was the inspiration behind this Painting i did earlier this year, in my Painting with Traditional Media class, using the Fresco technique.

Sally (our teacher) mixed the plaster, and we applied it to small boards we had scored with blades so that the plaster could grip more firmly. we were encouraged to give the plaster texture, not to have it very smooth and plain.
then we painted with pigments.. plaster sucks it in = perma painting

Not Yet the Time to Panic

man it's getting pretty busy at school.

i'm feeling like i'm getting behind on my work, which is not good. not good at all. holidays are coming up, i'm betting they wont really be holidays, more like cramming days.

I leave you with a photo of one of my works completed last semester. edited to make it look more respectable

Envelope series

Went to an exhibition opening last Friday, the Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing 2011.
was at Jugglers, in the Valley. Had never been there before so wasn't sure what to expect, but it turned out pretty well.
asked a staff member if i could take photos once i'd been there a little while.

Didn't get to take a photo of myself there though.. i would have felt like an idiot taking one of myself like all those photos you see nowadays, the ones at arms length, usually in clubs, taken by girls.
Lacked the courage to talk to any strangers to be able to ask them either.

the lady who made this piece won a prize, i cannot remember for sure what it was.. likely the Highly Commended though.

 

 

Really liked this one "Vortex".
so many lines, so well placed.
and such a bad photo of the label :(
Im thinking it must have been the black paint on the wall, it doesn't work well with photos with no flash.. and flash isn't a friend at exhibitions

Despite the glass, this photo turned out surprisingly well. Doesn't hide much of the actual drawing which is good because i was a fan.


Saw a guy with Blue Suede Shoes - Nearly made me laugh out loud

Managed to take a photo surreptitiously
felt like such a stalker :-S but it was too good an opportunity to miss


The crowds multiplied ferociously in the time i was there, which was really surprised at. who knew this thing got so much publicity. despite it being relatively small in he number of pieces it was showing.
Kicking myself for not snapping a photo of the winning entry.. oh well