Brains, Brains, and more brains

Snuck up on this printmaker, Sarah Sears, and really liked her work.

Old Fox Lady prints

I pulled these two a long time ago, and they are the only two from this plate. It was done, I think, during my first semester of graduate school. It was an experiment in plexi and embossement. The plate ended up snapping.

Lilac

Drypoint/Mezzotint/Embossement-too bad so sad, had wanted this one for Leicester, but was destroyed by assholes.

Not Really being Completely me

Thought about it, and I am not being completely me. Might as well just throw everything out there.

Damn it

I have been screaming out ideas to the voices in the wall of my apartment, and this was more or less one of them! Fear, fire, foes!

http://www.underwatersculpture.com/pages/gallery/underwater-gallery/index.htm

Flourescent Light with page 26 from Painting: An Aid to the Fuller Appreciation of Fine Paintings and a Description of the Various Techniques for the

(I got cut off in the title) Layman, Student and Artist, by Paul Konody, Arthur Dewing, Warren Cox, Kojiro Tomita, George P. Ennis, Jean G. Goulinat, Sir Tomas Walker Arnold, Paul Jamot, H.B Whele, James B. Manson, F.T. Weber, Charles Masson, M.H. Spielmann, G.C. Williamson, A.E. Propham, M.C. Salaman, Daniel Yarnan Abbott, Emil Carlsen, Frank Brangwyn, George W. Dawson, Alan Burroughs, Henry Tonks, and Arthur P. Lanvic; Garden City Publishing Co, Inc: New York, 1935.

Alright, not overly Crazy about this one. I did it on the fly for the Library of Alexandria mini print thing. I don't know, kind of wish I had left some of my lines thicker on it. At anyrate, anyone who knows me will realize the humor and irony of sending style and suitability. Brilliant person that I am I did not figure out until after printing last night that I should chine cole after printing.

Sean StarWars

I don't know why I haven't written about him before. I discovered him through the Cannon Ball Press website in graduate school via printfever. I was delighted by the idea of someone sneaking off in the night to steal billboard paper, and the wall paper installation stuff made me go "Fuck yeah!" I hate matting. For those with an historical bend: matting came about during the Rococo in order to protect their flying baby prints and disguised mistresses. Prior to that prints were tacked up and or applied to the wall with wax, and then ripped off when they got too nasty. Not to mention this guy is obsessed with Mountain Dew, and if I might add I am horribly jealous of him. Follow the title to his website.

3 Calls for Entry

Atlanta Printmakers Studio
http://www.atlantaprintmakersstudio.com/

Ink and Clay
www.dcimprint.wordpress.com/category/call-for-entries/

Printmaking Council of New Jersey
www.nj.com/independentpress/index.ssf/2010/01/printmaking_council_of_new_jer.html

Epilepsy

This one made it into the Alexandrina Mini Print Biannual in Cairo.

La Criss Crosse

Alright, I decided to do some reorganization. I really wish that I could have transferred some of the comments, but I think that this is for the best.

The Naked Beast

I have come to the conclusion that it might not be such a bad thing to post some of my figurative work hence the creation of the Naked Beast. The title will link up to the new spider's nest.

3 Printmaking Calls for entry

Broadsides
For a combination of text and images
www.atelier6000.com

Biblioteca Alexandrina: International Biennial for Miniature Graphics
A contest out Egypt, all forms of print are accepted. The only restriction is size.
www.bibalex.org

small print:big impression
Calls for a touring exhibition
www.leicesterprintworkshop.com/smallprint/

Crazy Insane Book

This is of course an Audubon, and is a print from the rarest and most expensive book in the world. Check the title for the complete story.

Kuru/Mad Cow

Kuru, Mad Cow, Zombie brains; call it what you will, it is an incurable disease. One obtains this disease by cannibalizing somebody else's brain. This disease was rampant for awhile among the Fore tribe in New Guinea, where ritual cannibalism of the dead was practiced. Women and children were especially affected as the men got the choice cuts, and they were left with the brain. What happens is that something called a prion (a radical protein cell) causes the brain nerves to clump together creating quite literally holes, this can result in a shambling gate and dementia. Yes this is pretty much what Mad Cow is, from what I understand the Brits were feeding them some rather interesting things. As my uncle David will attest (insert plug for uncle David's business http://www.walks.com/ ,I think it's uncle David's business.)

Incidently this one made it into the Alexandrina Mini Print Biannual in Cairo.

Herpes

This one is of course not life threatening, but it is incurable. The herpes cell lives along the nerve when dormant, and occasionally have to be shed. In adults it is not fatal, but in babies it can kill or cause retardation, as it goes straight to the brain in infants. In children it goes for the eyes, and goes by a different name, keratitis. Anymore I am just playing around with my prints, handling my inks loosely. The herpes cells however were a pain to ink and wipe for this thing, it took forever to print even one.

HIV

This isn't the best of the litter. I ended up giving the best to the AIDS resource center. Probably due to the fact that my day job/secret identity is a hospital cleaning lady, I have developed an interest in diseases, in particular the incurable kind. Part of the thought behind the series is the idea of understanding, because once something is understoood then it becomes a beautiful thing, and once it is understood it can be cured. Also I view this series as a challenge, it is easy for an artist to make the viewer like something that they want (i.e. flowers, naked women, food). It is completely another matter to make them fall in love with something horrible. Click the title for some hope.

Something

I did this one a long time ago, and was the last print I pulled in the Golden Satellite Printshop Stadium of Love, Blood, Sweat and Tears. It is an engraving/drypoint/embossement printed on handmade paper that I had made in graduate school.

This one made it into the Alexandrina Mini Print Biannual in Cairo.