Monday, July 22, 2024

EL PASO Tessellation

Manuel Guerra pulled five EXQUISITE TESSELLATION PRINTS in El Paso on July 15, 2024:


Manuel Guerra in the printmaking studio at UTEP,
where he is the printmaking professor


Inking up the tessellation "hat" linocuts
at UTEP


THE PRINTS


First Tessellation Print
on Kitakata paper



Second Tessellation Print
on Kitakata paper



Third Tessellation Print
on Kitakata paper


Fourth Tessellation Print
on prehispanic Amate Paper


Fifth Tessellation Print
on prehispanic Amate Paper


START

We started in Manuel Guerra's studio

We had four "hat" linocuts from El Paso artists:

The four "hat" linocuts
from El Paso artists



Proofs from:
Adriana Zavala
Gummi Thordarson
Raul Monarrez


The MATERIALS

We printed with Speedball Professional Supergraphic Black ink


We used a four inch Takach 60 durometer brayer, which is a bit harder, and therefore prints details better:







Manny proofed all the linocuts first before making a collaboration print:

Proofs
on newsprint




Then we made a template -- with a drawing for all the tiles -- to be placed under the linocuts:

Hand drawn template


The linocuts
placed over the hand drawn template


Adjusting the inked tiles


Ready to print




The FIRST Tessellation print




We printed on Kitakata paper,
and therefore could easily spoon weak areas
after running it through the press


The SECOND Tessellation Print


The first two prints
side by side


The THIRD Tessellation Print

We then decided to print on colored Amate Paper:



The FOURTH Tessellation Print
on pink Amate Paper


The FIFTH Tessellation Print
on orange Amate Paper




The two colored Amate Paper prints
side by side


Afterwards Manny cleaned the linocuts simply by placing newsprint over them, and then running them through the press a few times.  This took off all the excess ink:

One of the newsprint sheets
after it was used to clean the linocuts


Sometimes the "cleaning" ghost prints
made interesting print in and of themselves


We framed the second print in an 18 x 24 inch poster frame from Hobby Lobby, but I think we have to do better than that:

The print in an 18 x 24 inch poster frame,
without cutting down the paper


MEANWHILE...


"Hat" linocuts are still coming in. Dawn Tello gave us two linocuts in Albuquerque on July 17, 2024:

Two more "hat" linocuts
by Dawn Tello in Albuquerque


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Wednesday, July 10, 2024

FUSION Tessellation -- in Albuquerque

We hand printed the during the figure drawing session at FUSION in Albuquerque on July 10, 2024:


The second, and most successful print

The tessellation tiles were carved by artists who were actually at that drawing session (with one exception):

The FIRST Print

Ellie Weadock inking in the back room








The first tile layout


We took the print out to the main drawing room, so that the artists could see their tile printed by hand:

Ellie handing printing in the drawing room,
using the "Estampador Manual" from Barcelona
as Barbara Endicott and Daniel Allen look on


Printing during the model break,
in the main figure drawing room


Ellie using a glass baren
to bring out the details
on the Kitakata paper


The first print came out a little fuzzy,
as two tiles moved

  • The same artists were represented in this first print, except Henry Morales.  Instead we printed a tile by Ken Romig (who was only there the previous week)

The SECOND Print

Henry Morales enters


Inking Henry's tile






Inking Mark Woody's tile




Making a second print
in the main figure drawing room


Henry brings out the details
with a glass baren


Revealing the second print


The NEXT Print

When we get more tessellation tiles, we will make more prints.  Dawn Tello made some sketches for her tile:









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