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 the prints that I worked on. My focus was on learning/trying various processes, rather than aiming to get a finished piece. The first series is based on my view through the Caltrain window on my way into San Francisco. I was able to print the photo at the hotel, and brought it with me the first day. I used a soap ground to create the dried water shapes in the foreground (or something similar). I aquatinted the plate first, which led to the soap spreading in a different way (jagged and more spread out) than if I had reversed the order (which is what is generally done). Later in the week, I experimented with various colors, and adding transparent base to the inks (applied a la poupe)
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