Guerilla Tessellation Print -- at the South Broadway Cultural Center

On  June 14, 2024, we pulled our first legitimate EXQUISITE TESSELLATION PRINT during the opening at the South Broadway Cultural Center in Albuquerque for the POST COVID BOMB exhibition:

Ellie Weadock and Daniel Allen

holding the Tessellation Print

NOTE:  Our BIG INK collaborative print (as seen in the background) was hung for the POST COVID BOMB exhibition.

The first legitimate EXQUISITE TESSELLATION PRINT

ARTISTS:

• Jeanette Cook
• Ellie Weadock (2)
• Nancy Magnusson
• Daniel Allen
• Karl Whitaker
• Virgil Velasco
• Casandra Encinas
• Bobby Orr

We printed "guerilla style" -- that is we just brought in our supplies and printed in the corner during the opening, unannounced (however we did let the curator Augustine Romero know):

Printing by hand in the corner

Printing by hand

using the "Estampador Manual" 

from Arteina of Barcelona

Hand Printing an EXQUISITE TESSELLATION PRINT

We printed on Kitakata paper, natural color

We made two copies

of the same print

INKING

We inked outside, using Speedball SuperGraphic Black Relief Ink:

Inking Bobby Orr's linocut

We covered a Masonite board with clear vinyl from Joann's.  Since the vinyl is rubbery, it should hold the separate linocuts in place when making a print -- that is, the lincuts should not slip and give a fuzzy image on the paper.  Also it is easy to clean ink off the clear vinyl:

Masonite support board

covered with clear vinyl

Inked and ready to be brought inside

to print

Daniel Allen

holds the "hat" linocut he brought to the opening

FRAMING

We framed the EXQUISITE TESSELLATION PRINT in a 16x20 inch frame from Walmart, but we had to trim the Kitakata paper to make it fit:

We had to cut down the Kitakata paper

to fit in a 16 x 20 inch frame from Walmart

It's important to exhibit the prints eventually.