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This print project is based on a "HAT" shape -- an aperiodic monotile that tessellates infinitely without making a regular pattern. It was discovered by DAVID SMITH in November of 2022, who even wrote back to us when we emailed him about our first EXQUISITE TESSELLATION exhibition:
Our artistic aim was to devise a COLLABORATIVE PRINT project -- by creating bigger prints from the individual "hat" linocuts by several artists, in the spirit of the Surrealist EXQUISITE CORPSE collaborations:
ANIMATED SUMMARY
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Succinct animated summary
of the collaborative tessellation process
12 EXQUISITE TESSELLATION PRINTS
to see all 35 Tessellation Prints of 2024
It All Started in
HENRY MORALES' STUDIO
After the BIG INK project on April 13th, the team in Henry Morales' studio was keen on doing more collaborative printmaking. The model from the April 29th, 2024 drawing session suggested that we make tessellation prints like MC Escher. We liked her suggestion and laid out the project in a blog post made on May 2nd, 2024.
FIRST EXHIBITION
We ended the year with the First Exhibition of EXQUSISITE TESSELLATION prints in Albuquerque at Remarque Print Workshop, shown from December 13, 2024 to January 25, 2025:
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The "HAT" Tile
Dr Ben Miles explains the "HAT" tile and it's fascinating backstory on YouTube:
LASER CUTTING
7 inches at the widest
- Only REAL linoleum is safe to use on the laser cutter, as a lot of other sheets sold at art stores are fake linoleum made with PVC, which can let off poisonous gas when burned by the laser.
PRINTMAKERS
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We also post photos of some of the PRINTMAKERS and tiles:
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Jeanette Cook delivered a handful of linocuts in June,
to get this project started with a bang
12 PRINTMAKING
SESSIONS
- Guerilla Tessellation Print -- at the South Broadway Cultural Center
- Santa Fe -- Exquisite Tessellation Print
- FUSION Tessellation -- in Albuquerque
- EL PASO Tessellation
- Tessellation Prints -- PRINTERS PLANET 2024
- Axle Contemporary -- Guerilla Print in Socorro
- Printing at Argos -- in Santa Fe
- CARVE-IT -- Tessellation Prints at HECHO A MANO gallery
- CNM -- Tessellation Printing
- SOUTHWEST PRINT FIESTA 2024 -- Tessellation After-Party
- Guerilla Tessellation Print -- Day of the Dead Parade Albuquerque 2024
- A Great Day at Remarque in Albuquerque -- Tessellations
CLICK on the PHOTOS or LINKS below for more detailed info:
TUCSON
Karl Whitaker is collecting tiles in ALBUQUERQUE, Manuel Guerra is collecting tiles in EL PASO -- and now Joe Marshall has jumped in and is collecting tiles in TUCSON:
- Plus we sent a stack of tiles to Tres Gatos Press in Guadalajara
Note how the individual "HAT" tessellation prints look great by themselves, in 8x8 inch frames when hung on the wall together. They can be carried around in a BUCKET and displayed spontaneously -- which was the ORIGINAL CONCEPT of the BUCKET EXHIBITIONS:
Is it the individual carving, the communal printmaking, or the exhibiting that delivers the most satisfaction from the EXQUISITE TESSELLATION Print project?
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