Eye of the Cat
This is a photo I thought of working from in Helen Wilson's http://www.helenwilsonartist.com/ Printmaking workshop today. Our printer is not working so I worked from some older photo's I had. My first thought was to print from some very old copper plates from college. After trying that for too long I did a drypoint etching on plexiglass.
Each print has little differences, the wiping off of the ink is critical to the outcome.
I was photographing in poor lighting. Thats why they are all different colors!
This is a photo I thought of working from in Helen Wilson's http://www.helenwilsonartist.com/ Printmaking workshop today. Our printer is not working so I worked from some older photo's I had. My first thought was to print from some very old copper plates from college. After trying that for too long I did a drypoint etching on plexiglass.
Each print has little differences, the wiping off of the ink is critical to the outcome.
I was photographing in poor lighting. Thats why they are all different colors!
Also tried embossing with one of my little wire sculptures. I'm very impressed with the detail. I worried it would dry flatter.....they seem to be fine! I'll have to try daylight photos!
One AP or artist proof and 6 prints. In daylight the prints differ, partly from wiping and in part because of the different paper used. Very fun thing to do!
5 comments:
What fun experiments! Both of these turned out wonderful! Really like the embossed look from your wire sculpture.
I LOVE both - but especially your embossed wire sculpture.
awesome job with the cat and the eyes. And the embossing work, it surely looks like a lot of fun there.
I think the cat etching is wonderful!
Good job on the etching and embossing. Etching sounds really interesting--I'll have to learn more about it. The cat is great!
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