Prints on Ice - Highpoint Center for Printmaking
December 13, 2019 - January 18, 2020
Studio: HERE
Pictured above is my artist in residence printmaking studio at the Minnesota State Fair. It appears a bit makeshift but it was completely functional. Thank you to my friend Mike Marks for letting me borrow his etching press! I had a wonderful time demonstrating my process and answering the questions of fair patrons.
Garden Monotypes: Winter Edition
Winter and Garden are not usually words found within the same sentence. If you are a garden/plant person living in a northern climate, by February you are feeling downright starved for some chlorophyll.
Mary Leikvold and myself offered our Garden Monotype class at The Minnesota Center for Book Arts in the dead of winter. As you can see from the photographs, the students were very creative in finding ways to celebrate the garden without an available garden to provide plant material.
Sometimes when the challenges are great, the rewards are that much sweeter.
New Project
Remote Sensing
I have started a new project titled Remote Sensing. This is the first print from the series which I began photographing in October. It is currently on view at Highpoint Center For Printmaking.
Garden Monotypes
Mary Leikvold and I recently finished teaching a two week monotype workshop at the Minnesota Center For Book Arts. We had so much fun teaching it, that we are planning another. The students were wonderful! After a brief demonstration of the process they set about making stacks and stacks of prints.
all images courtesy of Mary Leikvold
Eden
Eden is a new project that I completed this year with the generous support of the Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant. To celebrate, I have organized an exhibit at The Minnesota Center for Book Arts featuring book artists whose work explores themes of conservation and stewardship as it applies to our natural world.
COMPASS; Finding Direction from the Natural World.
Stand Out Prints 2016
Polymer Photogravure Workshop
student's prints
Last night was the final evening of a four week polymer photogravure workshop that I taught at The Minnesota Center For Book Arts. It was a wonderful experience and I was truly delighted to spend time with such talented and enthusiastic students. Above is a sample of some of the first prints they produced. I am very impressed with their results!
In Progress
monotype
This week my monotypes have featured figures and stardust. I'm not sure where this is going but I am having a lot of fun.
Recently but Not
I will be making new plates from some older images this week. Nice to spend time with these Peonies.
Trials/Tests
monotypes
Sorting and Storing
stack of prints
I like tidy. That can be a difficult thing to achieve when projects spread themselves across your various domains. Last year I worked in two separate locations, MCBA and MCAD. In November I cleared out my lockers and flat files and brought it all home in a heap. I ignored it for the month of December until I couldn't stand looking at it anymore. I converted yet another closet to print and supply storage - those clothes needed to go anyway, right? The prints are now placed in drop front storage boxes in a lovely shade of gray. The boxes are neatly stacked and labeled. All is right in my world again.