We continued with live printmaking (on 8x8 inch paper) in Albuquerque at the SANITARY TORTILLA FACTORY gallery on March 8, 2024:
Henry Morales was featured in the exhibition -- PRINTED MATTER -- and brought his live printmaking crew with him:
Henry Morales looks over Ellie's shoulder,
during Live Printmaking in Albuquerque
at the Sanitary Tortilla Factory Gallery
Krrrl, Ellie and Henry --
the live printmaking crew
- Krrrl's wore his new t-shirt that Gonzalo Espinosa sent him, of their "TALLER SIN MIEDO" collective, which started in Tucson (and now is in Puerto Vallarta)
All the printmaking materials stack up nicely,
and Krrrl rolled them four blocks to the gallery
The printmaking materials
in front of the Sanitary Tortilla Factory gallery
- The mural on the front of the Sanitary Tortilla Factory was done by "Pastel" (Francisco Diaz) of Argentina
THE ARTISTS
artist and head of the live printmaking team
DIEGO GARCIA
DIEGO GARCIA,
who also curated the exhibition
DIEGO GARCIA
Diego Garcia's print ("Ace Barber Shop)
is also on page 22 of the print catalog we self-published in 2014 --
Currently Malcolm King is brightening downtown Albuquerque,
as his red design is covering the construction fence
at Silver and 2nd Street
whose photographs we see all over the Southwest
Juliana Lovato, intern at the Sanitary Tortilla Factory gallery,
talks with Henry Morales
- Also featured was the "Mobile Exhibition Library"
LIVE PRINTMAKING
Henry Morales pulls a print
on his letterpress proofing press
Henry Morales' print
Ellie prints for some exchange students from Viet Nam
Ellie and Virgil collaboration
Elllie's print
Ellie and Virgil collaboration
before printing in two colors
Ellie and Xavier Moreno (of Tres Gatos Press in Guadalajara)
collaboration print
so he had no problem making a print with his feet
using the Fezibo anti-fatigue board
We also used Stamping Foam
to make prints
An art Connoisseur
Krrrl cheated and used Artificial Art programs to generate AI Art, which he then altered with PHOTOMOSH ("Linocut" setting) and engraved into linoleum using the laser cutter at Quelab:
This Midjourney AI print of a Coelophysis and atom bomb tree,
Ray Graham, a major art collector,
came to our opening
Gina and her husband
SANITARY TORTILLA FACTORY
gallery
- Note: About 25 years ago, when the Sanitary Tortilla Factory was a restaurant that President Clinton ate at, we bought a bag of lime to make frescoes. And later we went to another tortilla factory in Nogales, Mexico to make frescoes in Tucson, Arizona.
UPDATE (March 11, 2024): Eric and Krrrl made more prints at Quelab, and the photos of those prints are a lot clearer at THIS LINK:
Then I framed and hung the AI prints at Quelab on March 13th:
