BUCKET EXHIBITIONS Demos -- THE PRINTERS PLANET 2026 -- Santa Fe

SUMMARY -- THE PRINTERS PLANET 2026 -- Santa Fe

ELLIE WEADOCK did all the printmaking at the BUCKET EXHIBITIONS tent, and handed out wet prints for free:

Ellie Weadock set up to print

ALBU-BRIJES 

We mostly pulled ALBU-BRIJE Prints, carved by those in Henry Morales' printmaking circle in Albuquerque. These are Albuquerque versions of Mexican Alebrijes, inspired by the eight 20 feet huge Oaxacan Alebrije sculptures exhibited in  downtown Albuquerque from June 1st to July 22nd, 2026.  

The ALBU-BRIJE Prints have also been enhanced with two types of AUGMENTED REALITY -- after being colored and made 3D with AI.  That way we could place them in front of the REAL Alebrije sculptures and get screen shots:

ALBU-BRIJES -- Alebrijes & Prints

The public could choose their favorite ALBU-BRIJE linocut

to take home after we printed it

Ellie holding Virgil Velasco's ALBU-BRIJE

MINDAR

 AUGMENTED REALITY

MINDAR treats the print as a QR Code to conjure up the AUGMENTED REALITY image after going to a URL first (this single URL will deliver several AR experiences from several prints):

The phone about to superimpose AUGMENTED REALITY 

over Barbara Endicott's ALBU-BRIJE print

with the MINDAR link

MINDAR -- ALBU-BRIJES

The MINDAR Augmented Reality experience

ENVIRONMENTAL

AUGMENTED REALITY

We also used another Augmented Reality program -- <model-viewer> -- to project the Augmented Reality object into the environment, and take screen shots:

 

Projecting Barbara Endicott's ALBU-BRIJE into the environment with

AUGMENTED REALITY

QR CODE LINKS

to the Augmented Reality Experiences

AUGMENTED REALITY -- ALBU-BRIJES

tinyurl.com/albuaug

Printout with Links

 to two different kinds of AUGMENTED REALITIES

for the ALBU-BRIJE Prints

SET-UP

We set up under a tree to get some shade for the afternoon:

PRINTING

Ellie Weadock pulled fresh prints and gave them out to the public:

Martha Traer from HECHO A MANO Gallery

chose Virgil Velasco's print

These folks chose Barbara Endicott's print

Gangster Cat by Daniel Allen --

not an ALBU-BRIJE

Celebrity visit --

John comes to all the printmaking events!

Cooling Off

LEAF PRINT

We traditionally print a leaf during THE PRINTERS PLANET Festivals:

Shadows of the leaves above our tent

Ellie decided to print a leaf

Printing with an antique glass door knob

We also printed one of Madeliene Sharp's cat plates by hand, after it would not go through our press:

Madeliene Sharp's cat print and rubber plate