let's review for anyone that thinks being an artist is either
a. easy or
b. fast or
c. not bi-polar
friday
tape screen, register screen and paper
print light brown background for print A. x 20
wash screen, wash squeegee, remove tape
looks good!
tape screen, register screen and paper
print gradient blue back ground super big for print B. x 20
wash screen, wash squeegee, remove tape
oh look, it looks like crap!...grumble, grumble, grumble
tape screen, register screen and paper
print light blue sky color for print A. x 20
wash screen, wash squeegee, remove tape
still looking good!
tape screen, register screen and paper
print dark blue sky layer for print A. x 20
wash screen, wash squeegee, remove tape
still looking good, go figure! a little weird 'kissing' but not bad
tape screen, register screen and paper
print opaque light blue back ground super big for print C. x 20
wash screen, wash squeegee, remove tape
looks great! much better than the gradient of print B.
saturday
work at SSR and work on car in afternoon.
get greasy, wash car
no printing!
go to vintage car show and yummy thai dinner
cut more paper to replace the paper from the crappy gradient print
my shoulder hurts from all printing!
sunday
get up early! start printing before it gets too hot!
tape screen, register paper and screen
print chocolate rocks overlay for print A. x 20
wash screen, wash squeegee, remove tape
oooh pretty!
tape screen, register paper and screen
print new opaque blue back ground super big replacement of Print B. x 20
wash screen, wash squeegee, remove tape
great color, kinda tiffany blue!
tape screen, register paper and screen
print black telephone wires for print C. x 20
wash screen, wash squeegee, remove tape
hmm, not all of it printed. phooey!
tape screen, register paper and screen
print medium brown trunk layer for print A. x 20
wash screen, wash squeegee, remove tape
oh good, it covered the rocks where it was supposed to!
hand touch up print C. x 20
ack! it looks awful! realize that the large prints are not going my way this weekend.
WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHY!
deep breath, deside later to overlay other more interesting images to cover the gaffs as the print is sort of boring looking.
take break
eat lunch
stare at the walls wondering if it's now too hot to print?
deside to go for it
tape screen, register paper and screen
print sage green forpalm tree print A. x 20
wash screen, wash squeegee, remove tape
well, at least this print is going well!
tape screen, register paper and screen
try to print palm trees for print B. x 20
um, ink bleeding under tape, craaaaaap!
ink drying in screen while trying to fix
wash screen, wash squeegee, remove tape
yep, ink dried in the screen.
damn it!
will have to re expose the screen and try some other time.
yes, it was too hot...
take another break and wait for it to cool the fuck down.
tape screen, register print
print black layer of palm tree for print A. x 20
wash screen, wash squeegee, remove tape
woohooo! almost done!
tape screen, register print
print final layer of deep orange sun for print A. x 20
wash screen, wash squeegee, remove tape
done!
see! lots of work!
here is the one print that i really finished
i used photographs i have taken around los angeles for the palm and the rocky background.
i made the sun that brilliant red color we only get when something nearby is on fire.
"Los Angeles 2008"9"x12"
8 layers, edition of 20
print B.8 layers, edition of 20
print still in progress
bright blue back ground with telephone wires, 18 at 16x20
will need to figure out what to add to this one to make it pop!
workin' on it...
and
print C.
have the background printed 20 at 16x20
will have to re-expose the screen so that'll happen when it happens...
now if you'll pardon me i think i'm going to fix a stiff drink and find a book to read.
2 comments:
hooboy. that sounds like an incredibly busy time. your print turned out faboo, though.
It's a very calm print for something that was so much work. Kinda somber but quietly satisfying. Like the palm tree knows something we don't. She's standing there; just so. I like the saturated red sun.
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