In a few weeks I will no longer have access to a printing press-unfortunate but unavoidable. I don't have the means to purchase one or a place to put it. Earlier this semester I was in my Earth Science lab and we made fossils. We used some little animals from the dollar store, plastic bowls, and cheap plaster of paris. While I was making my fossil I realized that the solution was right in front of me-printing into plaster. I figured I wasn't the first person to come up with this idea so I did some research and I found other printers who also print into plaster. I'm going to make a plate and try it out. I'm really excited about this for several reasons. I might be able to make a little money, the life of my collagraph plates will extend, AND I can put thicker materials on my collagraph plates since I won't be under the 1/8 of an inch thick rule anymore. Check back for pics!
http://www.nontoxicprint.com/plasterprinting.htm
http://www.paulinehorricks.com/plaster%20prints.htm
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Senior Show
Last weekend our college put on it's Senior Show. As seniors we spent our fall semester establishing a concept and implementing it into a suite of art. I chose collagraphs. In spring we framed our works, I made shadow boxes and float mounted my pieces onto mat board, and then hung them in our art gallery.
I displayed five works, four together and one that was placed on our title wall.
We had a good reception with around 200 people. I'm not sure how I will be able to continue printing collagraphs since I won't have a press anymore but I have a good feeling about plaster of paris. Here are some closeups of my work. The glare is due to the glazing-I used plexi because I didn't want to put too much weight on the shadowboxes, plus it's easier to cut.
These were taken at a downward angle-the works aren't inverted like that. Also-I should have taken photos of these pre-framing.
The image below is the banner for our school's website as an advertisement for our show-kinda cool.
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