July 23, 2016

Drawn at Argos Gallery in Santa Fe:

PRINT ZERO print exchange

I created an etching by drawing from this live model, for the Print Zero Print Exchange 2016 of Seattle.  I created the edition at New Grounds Print Workshop in Albuquerque, right after finishing their etching class.


I started by drawing from the model with a Tombow marker, in order to see the drawing:

The Tombow marker smeared

as I used the etching tool

to scratch away the ground

Enhanced line work,

after scanning the copper plate;

has not been etched yet

"Normalized", "Negative", Flip Horizontal"

in Xnview,

to get an idea how the plate would look

when etched and printed

Mary helped me proof the etching the next day,

at New Ground Print Workshop

Proof 

(but the foot in the lower left corner disappeared)

We re-filed the edges,

after using the yellow filling too

I re-coated the plate with hard ground,

and scratched in a few more lines on the phantom foot.

Then we spitbite etched that area for about 10 minutes.

Edtion

We flattened the prints the next day,

on a dry mount press

Final print with foot

I mailed off my prints to the Print Zero Print Exchange on July 29th.

Print Zero has self-published catalogs on Lulu of at least two of their previous print exchanges:

Selections from the PrintZero Studios Exchange

(e-book)

Selections from the PrintZero Studios Exchange #8

We also self-published a catalog on Lulu of our YayBig Print Exchange:

El Pueblo Viejo vs. El Chuco 2014 Catalog

 - 2nd Edition