BUCKET EXHIBITIONS: A Great Day at Remarque in Albuquerque -- Tessellations

We had a great day printing tessellation tiles in COLOR at Remarque Print Workshop in Albuquerque, on Saturday, November 23, 2024 -- with JEANETTE COOK, ELLIE WEADOCK and CASANDRA ENCINIAS:

Jeanette Cook and Ellie Weadock

adjusting the press

Color prints in the rack

on Mexican Amate paper

We printed with AKUA color intaglio inks

We had to add Mag Mix

to thicken some of the colors

Jeanette Cook, Ellie Weadock, Casandra Encinias (l to r)

PREPARATION

Set up and preparation was really easy at Remarque, since all the materials were mostly already there:

After taking out the "hat" tessellation tiles

Jeanette played around with some compositions

Placing blanks on the press bed

to adjust the pressure on the press

Testing the press pressure

Putting out ink slabs for various colors

Cooperation

TEST PRINT

They tested the first color print on Rives BFK lightweight cream paper -- with the tessellation tiles FACE DOWN:

Test print

COLORS!

Printing with the tessellation tiles

FACE DOWN

FIRST PRINT

The first real print was also on Rives BFK lightweight cream paper -- with the tessellation tiles FACE UP:

ARTISTS:

The inked tiles placed on the press bed

FACE UP

Looking Good!

SECOND PRINT

The second print was more experimental, on Rives BFK lightweight cream paper, with two passes. The first pass was a ghost print with the tessellation tiles FACE UP -- and the second pass was a regular print with the tessellation tiles FACE DOWN:

The second print started as a ghost print,

with a second pass of fully inked tiles

ARTISTS:

The first pass -- a ghost print

THIRD PRINT

The third print was on colored Mexican Amate paper -- and also took two passes, each time the tiles were FACE DOWN.

The third print was two passes

colored Mexican Amate paper

ARTISTS:

The blue tape at the edges,

as if we need to register the paper

The first pass

Before all the tiles were removed

from the second pass

FOURTH PRINT

The fourth print was also on colored Mexican Amate paper, and also took two passes through the press, with the tiles FACE DOWN. Only two tiles were added for the second pass, to cover up the weak yellow prints from the first pass: