#10 Screenprint-shape

Cricketpress
Sara and Brian Turner

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Sara and Brian Turner have an etsy store where they sell their own, hand screen printed designs. They both come from backgrounds in art and are doing what they love to do.

They use big bold shapes of color which is one of the reasons why I like them. They are very cutesy. I could easily wear this on a shirt or/and hang it up on my wall. Not sure if they sell these as shirts but they do have shirts for sale.

#9 Collagraph-Color

Dreaming

Jet James

Collagraph

80cm x 45cm
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I picked another Jet James print because I really like is prints, and I thought this print did a wonderful job at color. There are so many colors in this collagraph and they look very organized. I like that.
Once again he uses some plants and a sandpaper like texture. As for the rest, im not sure, and I like that. It keeps me thinking.

#8 Collagraph - Texture

Green Beauty 

Jet James

Collagraph

22.5cm by 42cm

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Jet James has a whole tragic life story on his deviant art art page, which you can view by clicking on this link here. James lives in Australia and has had a big interest in and been filling his life with art for most of his life. His favorite being printmaking.

This print really shows the use of texture by the plants and splashes all across the print. More texture can be seen at the top with the almost sandpaper like look and the lines of the hair. It looks like this artist has a good idea of the items used and how they will look once printed. . . I'm jelly.

I was immediately drawn to this piece because. . . well . . . it actually looked like something. Most of the collagraphs I found looked like something anyone could make. They looked easy, like the artists just threw stuff on a board, slapped some ink on it and printed it. I wanted something more thought out. This strikes me as thought out. The plants turned out really clear and has inspired me for my own project. 

#7 Drypoint-Pattern/Repetition

Boom(Head)
by Tegaram

8x11 

Drypoint

Not much could be found on the artist but that she lives in the United States and likes printmaking. To view more of her work, which includes more printmaking techniques and drawing, click on this blue link and make it purple.

cats

Upon closer inspection of the full size image you can see the repetition of lines to create a muscle like structure around the ear. This gives the viewer a reason for a second and closer look at the print, which is what made me decide to use this print. The outside has a smeared look, which I am not too such if it has any etching included in it, so we will just ignore that part. I must point out though that the smearing is what originally caught my attention and then the repeating lines around the ear caused me to take a second look.
Dinosaurs
I like this because it uses the ink to finish the picture. You can clearly see the smearing rounding to form the head. Its almost like matter is swooping in together to form this human head. The repeating lines being the already formed matter and the smeared lines being the "swooping" matter. Its a very interesting print, with a lot to look at. The smearing ink also separates it from other drypoint prints, which is another reason why I like it. 

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#6 Drypoint-Line

Drypoint prints by Christopher Skinner

This prints were done as an example for the artist's website showing how drypoint printmaking is done.
For a link to the blog post, click here.
Out of all the drypoint prints that I saw when I googled it, I liked this one the best. Even though I could not find much on the actually prints, I still thought it was a good example of what drypoint is capable of. Since I was still kind of hazy on how detailed this technique could be. The blog post done by the artist on this was also very helpful to me, and that is my reasoning for picking these prints and this artist.
When looking closer at each print, especially the eye, you can see that the pictures are made up of a bunch of lines.Very sketchy, short looking lines which added to my "gee wiz such detail" reaction. These prints have given me some inspiration for my own drypoint project. 

#5 Lino Cut- Texture

Winter Ghost by Emily C. Martin

Not much could be found on this artist but her website is here where you can see more of her ventures in printmaking and other mediums. If you click here, this will take you to her deviantart page where she has more of her work and is also where I found the lino cut down below.

I think this lino print is a great example of creating texture because the whole bottom half is just that, texture!. Its almost like you can feel the fur and the grass through the paper. It even seems like you can reach up and grab on of the antlers.
I find it fascinating that all it takes to create the look of the soft grass and fur is some quick, carved, short lines.

#4 Lino Cut

Leonard Hutchinson 

(1896-1980)

Was born in England, eventually moving to Canada where he he spent most of  the rest of his life. His art reflected the struggles of the working class during the depression years. He is best known for his work in lino and wood cuts.
More info on the artist, click here.

Image link to the picture, click here
Most of his work is for sale or up for auction. It made it difficult to find information of this print. I eventually came across it on a book cover, but that didn't tell me anything about the print. So the size and name are unknown, and his other works similar to this were all wood blocks.

This print, I thought represent balance (asymmetrically) because of the tree. With out it, the print would be a very boring, symmetrical piece. With the tree, the print become more interesting to look at and intricate. It give the print depth and reason for being. I like it because of that.