Final silkscreen print,
made from a low resolution image,
Ramon and Christian made an excellent post about the experience on the Main-tain website:
Transparency, proof, and initial print
Cardo Negrete (Arturo's son) helped me with my print,
by making an extra drawing
(to print with an additional screen)
to solidify my image
A transparency of my drawing,
next to the transparency drawn by Cardo
(ultimately they used 3 different screens,
with slightly different shades of the same color,
to print the figure)
Arturo Negrete (director of Taller 75 Grados)
and Julio choose the right color
for my silkscreen print
Bull pulls a print,
while Plata assists
The first 7 prints
for the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta
done at Taller 75 Grados --
Top clockwise:
Yorch, Jellyfish Collective,
Krrrl, Los Dos, Tim Razo, Zeke Peña,
and Cimi in the middle
Later they pulled Federico Villaba's print
Arturo Negrete and Gonzalo Espinosa,
hold Gonazlo's finished silkscreen
Bottom floor of the studio,
with Ramon and Christine looking on.
It was their idea to print at Taller 75 Grados.
and they organized this silkscreening part
of the carpeta
Arturo Negrete
went to Xalapa
to give a silkscreen workshop
shortly after he finished Gonzalo's print
I also bought a bunch of silkscreen masterpieces by Mexican artists,
such at this one by Jilipolo,
at Taller 75 Grados
Ramon discovered the Leopoldo Mendez show at the Estanquillo Museum. It was a real treat to see the works of the main printmaker behind the Taller de Grafica Popular. The TGP is a major inspiration of our Desert Triangle Print Carpeta:
Poster for the Leopoldo Mendez exhibiton
The Estanquillo museum had a studio set up,
so that visitors could make their own simple prints.
Above is my bad cardboard cut.
Ramon and Christian also made small prints
at the Estanquillo museum
Printing on nice press
My final bad print
Later I followed Francisco Delgado to Oaxaca, where he made his print at Taller Libre, for the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta:
Taller Libre in Oaxaca
Adrian made me do a drypoint print in plastic
My "inked" plastic plate
Adrian and Betty run the Taller Libre in Oaxaca,
as they look onto Francisco's uncut linoleum plate
Francisco Delgado's print for our print carpeta
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