What I've been up to

[aardogs]

This certainly isn't everything I've been up to here, but I have been spending an absurd amount of time in the printmaking studio lately. It is definitely my most time consuming class. Lately we've been working with zinc plates, such a meticulous (and dangerous!) process. 

I don't usually like to share any of artsy stuff with people, but since I don't have any cute dog pictures as of late I might as well. I have a LOT of these but I'll refrain from showing them all. 

This is a hardground line etching. Yes it is a monster about to eat a child reading a book.

This is a softground etching which allows you to press textures into the plate. I did a lot of these. I was going to do something a bit more complex but I just loved the detail I could get out of leaves and other natural sources. Every single little vein is etching in. Very cool in my opinion.  

Comments

[gumbypuppy.livejournal.com]

I like the monster about to eat the child

[aardogs.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm glad you can appreciate monsters.

[penichops.livejournal.com]

How do they get scaled up? That has always stumped me.

I really love the detail you got from the leaf

[aardogs.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Nothing got scaled up in these. The leaf print is the same size as the leaf I used for it.

[foggydogs.livejournal.com]

So terrific, love these, really love the monster print!

[aardogs.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[moodypdx.livejournal.com]

You should share more artsy stuff, I love these. Really love them.

[aardogs.livejournal.com]

Thanks Tammy! Perhaps I will in the future. It just seems so foreign to share that part of me with anyone really.

[semperfido.livejournal.com]

Really nice work.