#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.

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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.
 

#3 Lino Cut

Wolf Print by DiamondDustTaxidermy on deviantart

Linoleum print

Blurb on the piece by the artists

"From my intro to printmaking class, this is probably the best print I've done. It's an eight color linoleum cut. I kept the colors pretty much monochromatic. I used the same linoleum block for the whole process and carved it down further for each darker color, rather than doing a separate linoleum piece for each color. Since the block was finally carved down to just the black areas, no more of these can ever be made. I only did four of them, heh. I meant to put this on DA a long time ago, but couldn't find the file on my computer. I was messing around today and happened to find it. So here it is!"

http://diamonddusttaxidermy.deviantart.com/art/Wolf-Print-21182764


Each color is a different layer made up of shapes. When all those shapes were put together it created this Wolf Print.
I like this because its not what I was used to seeing of lino prints. The few lino prints that I have seen are very sketchy and usually on or two colors. This print is very clean and contains many colors. It shows me another view of lino cuts that I might like to try. 

#2 Embossing+Relief Print

Red Tail
17 in. x 15 in.
4-color lino print, embossed on Reeves BFK Arches paper
More info here

View of Embossing

View of inking

View of lino cut

The artist embosses the main shapes to help give more depth to the bird and the background.  He also uses shapes with the ink to help define the image of the bird, using black, grey and red(the tail) shapes on the lino cut. 

I like this piece because out of all the images of embossing + lino prints, I thought it represented the idea the best. You can clearly see the embossing in the background, with a closer look you can see it in the bird, and the lino print helps to give the image more life. Its a pretty neat use of both types of printing. It helps to inspire me to do similar prints. Maybe not with a bird but with the lino print and then the embossing in the back ground.

#1 Blind Embossing

Seal by Paul Edmunds

Blind Embossing

http://www.pauledmunds.co.za/works/array-art-on-paper-gallery-2007/cnoopsseal.jpg/

(Close up)

http://www.pauledmunds.co.za/works/array-art-on-paper-gallery-2007/embossing.jpg/

Paul Edwards was born in 1970 and currently live in Cape Town. He has his MAFA from the University of Natal and has won a few award for his art. More info, click here.

The artist uses many lines, of different lengths, branching off each other to create a tree branch shape. All the branches created are contained in a oval shape(top picture).

I picked this piece because I like how detailed, yet simple, it is.To me, it shows that embossing can include little details. It shows me what blind embossing is capable of, and gives me ideas for any future embossings I might do.