Ray Plastic Factory (State I)

October 12, 2015
Copper-plate drypoint
2"x4"

Returned to an old drawing of the abandoned Ray Plastic Factory in Winchenden, MA for this small example. This first state came out rather well and I hope to pull another version next week.

Monotype Examples

October 12, 2015
Two Monotypes
7"x5"

Pulled two quick examples for my printmaking class at JSC a few days back. Got down and dirty with a quick swath of blue on a 5"x7" piece of aluminum step-flashing and a little red on some string. As usual, the ghost is always the nicer of the two prints.

Buffalo Mountain (Final State and Proof)

 

September 8, 2015

3"x5"

2-plate Mounted Linoleum Block Print

 

This little print will be this years holiday card for family and friends. It is from a little sketch I did this spring of Buffalo Mountain in Hardwick, Vermont. This was pulled on my Line-O-Scribe letterpress sign machine with great efficiency. In two hours I pulled 112 prints with only three problem proofs at the start.

 



Camel's Hump (Final States I and II)

 

 

 

September 5, 2015

Linoleum Block Reduction Print

8.25"x11.75"

 

I am happy enough with the Camel's Hump reduction print. Pulling them on the press had several issues and one part of me prefers pulling them by hand on rice paper. But you do not get the nice embossing on the paper and it is quicker pulling the prints on a big press.

 

The trick is getting the paper the right dampness and the pressure just right so you get a good print but do not stretch the linoleum, which seems to be the problem I am having. In the end I did not get as many great prints as I wanted but the two different version above came out the way I envisioned it at the start.