I still don’t know what the final product will be for this piece. I don’t expect to try printing from it again, and certainly not without reworking it with engraving tools. So how to finish and present this?
Category Archives: My Art
Back to Work
The finish details often take forever! The light fixture still needs a hanger on the back, but is now mounted to an OK backing for a removable plugin fixture, that can be converted in future to be a standard wall mount fixture if desired.
The first “birds in nest” was a bit of a disaster, and I have only 2 casts from it. I am restoring and refining the clay original in the hope of making a better mold with good detail. However I do realize I need to be more meticulous with the clay finish this time if I want to like the results. It is just to rough and uneven …
Winter Lights Angel
Angels get About
Lifting the Moon
When I Foil
Working
More Digital!
The above digital pieces are derived from very different sources:
- the figure is a photo of a new resin cast made from my paperclay original, posed in a layered arrangement,
- the two leaf foil variations are based on an outdoor photograph, taken in a parking lot,
- the foil “waves” are from a scanned evening pencil drawing, and
- the glorious “burning bush” is based on a photo of part of my engraved steel “Dancer in the Trees” panel, also used as a plate to make hand-rubbed prints (two so far).
Everything I make must serve multiple purposes!
Guerilla Game Pieces
Working the Print
I am a mixed media artist, and so not a printmaker! Having put the time & energy into this large “proof” print, I need to make it a finished piece. There are so many other tools of the trade! So far, a bit of watercolor, soft pastels, and colored pencil… I think the key is shading, especially to “flesh out” the dancer. I am rather liking this now, with the work so far:
The paper, at 22″ x 30″, is slightly smaller than the plate so the edges are cut off. The full print above is a photo; I have only scanned the shaded figure, and that still took multiple scans. Wish I had a professional large scanner, but the cost would be prohibitive.