Here are some pics of Crown Point Press. Eye candy for you printmakers reading this! Down-draft tables make spit-biting with nitric safe, tall copper wiping tables are warmed from below, large copper covered hot plates make rolling on ground a breeze, and an unbelievable selection of colored inks to choose from. Wow! [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Crown Point Press #3
Posted in Printmaking on June 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Crown Point Press Workshop #2
Posted in Printmaking, tagged crown point press, etching, shawn demarest on June 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The next prints involved a number of processes – all ones I had hoped to learn more about. Spit bite, chine colle, and multiple plates were used to make these prints. I liked Crown Point’s registration process a lot – and the full-image chine colle was fantastic. By the end of the [...]
Crown Point Press Workshop
Posted in Printmaking on June 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just arrived from San Francisco – after a 5-day workshop at Crown Point Press. Can’t say enough about the quality of the shop, and the knowledge of the printers. I’ll be bringing much of what I learned into my studio practice over the next few months. Here are a few of [...]
Back to Earth…
Posted in Painting on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A good turn out for the Bite show. Our studio is only open for one evening a month (first Friday). Always a big push to get the show ready, then a fun evening, then back to Earth. Wondering if there will be a way in the future to keep these shows up [...]