Drawings to Sculpture and Prints

The Drawing Center in New York City put out an open call for drawing submissions -- Viewing Program 20/21 (apply by November 30th).  The requirement is that "drawings should be central to the applicant's body of work."  

However drawings are also the basis for work in more substantial mediums, so first I wanted to reflect on how my drawings developed into sculpture and prints, mostly through collaborations with other artists.

SCULPTURE

3D Relief

Dennis Liberty translated one of my drawings from my first self-published book into a relief sculpture, which later Gonzalo Espinosa turned into a ceramic relief sculpture in 2011.

Dennis Liberty translated

this drawing done in El Paso,

 from my first self-published book

into a relief sculpture

Gonzalo Espinosa pushed the sculpture

into a ceramic clay piece in 2012

Andres Orlowski photographed

the sculpture in Albuquerque, 

where it now stands in front of the

"3rd Street Arts" studio

Alison Aragon and Eric Koenig later helped me translate this relief into "transparent sculpture."

Alison Aragon helped me recreate the sculpture

in "transparent concrete" in 2011

Figure Embedded In Crystal

James Stewart translated one of my drawings into a 3D file, with floating pieces. I had the STL file lasered into a crystal cube with vitrography in 2012.  It is sort of like a solid hologram.

James Stewart translated this drawing

into a 3D file

The crystal with the 3D figure in it,

including all the floating parts

Digital to Styrofoam

Daniel Hornung translated one of my drawings into a 3D digital file, and milled it out into Styrofoam at Metalphysic in Tucson in 2015.  Ed Muren III painted it in 2017.

• Process Part 1
• Process Part 2

Daniel Hornung translated this drawing

into a 3D digital file

Stephanie Anne Landers

posed for the sculpture photos

taken by Adam Durant in 2018

Drawing into Metal

Jorge Gonzalez translated the drawing on the cover of my first self-published book into a metal sculpture at the Sculpture Resource Center in Tucson in 2011.

My first self-published book

available on Lulu

Jorge Gonzalez translated the drawing

on the cover of my book

into this colored metal sculpture

PRINTMAKING

Desert Triangle Print Carpeta

Taller 75 Grados of Mexico City translated my drawing into a large serigraph for the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta in 2015.

This drawing became 

a serigraph edition

pulled at Taller 75 Grados of Mexico City

My drawing into a serigraph edition

produced by Taller 75 Grados in Mexico City

David Figueroa of Augment El Paso enhanced my print with augmented reality in 2015.

My print enhanced by augmented reality

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Manuel Guerra collaborated on a print edition pulled by Taller 75 Grados in Mexico City in 2019.  My drawing was first enhanced by the AI (artificial intelligence) online program Deep Dream Generator.

I enhanced this drawing

with AI (artificial intelligence)

before making it into a serigraph print

The collaborative print

by Manuel Guerra, AI and me

I applied the style of one of Pavel Acevedo's prints to my drawing to make a print edition for the Southwest Print Fiesta Print Exchange 2020.

I applied the style of one of Pavel Acevedo's relief prints

to this drawing to make the print edition

My drawing enhanced by AI

and made into a print

for the Southwest Print Fiesta Print Exchange 2020

SKINPOP COLLABORATION

Raul Urias of Skinpop in Mexico City freely translated two of my drawings into a serigraph print edition, pulled by Taller 75 Grados in 2016.

 

The main drawing

used by Raul Urias

to interpret into a serigraph print

Skinpop serigraph print collaboration

COLORED

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS

Pilo Portillo colored one of my drawings before it was made into a serigraph edition at Proper Print Shop in El Paso in 2016.

This drawing was colored by

Pilo Portillo

before being made into a print

This print was made

at Proper Print Shop in El Paso

during an "Arte en Vivo" night

Joshua Woodhall colored one of my drawings before Gonzalo Espinosa made it into a serigraph print at the Sculpture Resource Center in Tucson in 2012.

Joshua Woodhall colored this drawing

made in Bisbee

before we made it into a serigraph print

Serigraph pulled in Tucson

at the Sculpture Resource Center

PRINT EXCHANGES

AMBOS LADOS INTERNATIONAL PRINT EXCHANGE

Manuel Guerra printed this etching edition of my drawing, after I had it laser cut and etched on copper, in 2018 for the Ambos Lados International Print Exchange.

This drawing was used to laser cut a plate

to make an etching print

for the Ambos Lados International Print Exchange

My print for the Ambos Lados International Print Exchange

HORNED TOAD II

Taller 75 Grados in Mexico City helped me color this print, and pulled my serigraph print edition for the Horned Toad II Print Exchange in 2017.

This drawing was made specifically

to convert to a print

for the Horned Toad II Print Exchange

This serigraph was made in Mexico City

at Taller 75 Grados

YAYBIG PRINT EXCHANGE

Gonzalo Espinosa and Tanya Rich helped me make my serigraph print edition for the YayBig Print Exchange in 2014. 

This drawing turned into a serigraph edition

The serigraph for the YayBig Print Exchange

HORNED TOAD PRINT EXCHANGE

Joe Marshall helped me print this edition, after I laser cut a wood panel to make a relief print for the first Horned Toad Print Exchange in 2014. 

I laser cut this image onto wood

to make a plate for a relief print

Final print for the 

Horned Toad Print Exchange

DIALOGOS Y INTEPRETACIONES

PRINT EXCHANGE 2015

Gonzalo Espinosa helped me create an intaglio print edition after I laser cut my drawing into plastic.  This was for the 4th Annual Dialogos y Interpretaciones Print Exchange in 2015.

I laser cut this drawing into plastic

to make an intaglio print edition

My print for the 

Dialogos y Intepretaciones Print Exchange 2015

DRAWN DIRECTLY ONTO THE PLATE

Manuel Guerra printed a waterless lithography edition after I drew from a live model onto the aluminum plate in 2013.

Drawn directly onto an aluminum plate

for a waterless litho print

 DRAWING

 INTO OTHER MEDIUMS

CHINESE PAINTING

I sent one of my drawings to Xiamen, China to get it painted in oil (through Sun Bird Arts).

I sent this drawing to China

This is the painting China sent me back

FUZZY BLANKET

John Tollett ordered a fuzzy blanket on Zazzle with my AI (artificial intelligence) altered drawing on it in 2019.

This drawing was first altered with AI (artificial intelligence)

And then made into a fuzzy blanket

BOOKS

John Tollett designed my second book of drawings self-published on Amazon in 2018.

My second book of drawings 

I self-published my first book of drawings on Lulu in 2018.

Self-published book of drawings on Lulu

COLLABORATION

 YET TO EMERGE

John Tollett and I collaborated back and forth online to arrive at the image below in 2020.  We have as of yet to make a fuzzy blanket, or send it to China to be painted, or otherwise.

We started with this image of mine

Collaboration with John Tollett

yet to emerge in physical media

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