May 15, 2022

Drawn at the Edith Bunker in Albuquerque:

Not nearly as good 

as a Henry Morales print

Inspired by Henry Morales, I carved directly from the model, without making a pencil sketch first:

I did not do as well as Henry Morales.

I made a regular drawing from the last two poses, adding some charcoal pencil:

Deep Dream Generator

During the Sunday Albuquerque Rail Yard market on May 15th, in front of the Quelab table, Ethan made a print using the Skateboard Press Robert made at Quelab, from a Mayan glyph Karl laser engraved into linoleum:

Ethan using the Skateboard Press

to make a print

The Print

which was laser engraved into linoleum --

it spells "Quelab" in Mayan glyphs

Maybe this image of Ethan would make a great logo for Skateboard Press printmaking, kind of like how Jerry West's contour was used for the NBA logo:

Remove BG

So I uploaded the above PNG file to the Laserpecker 2, choose "G Code" in the app, and cut out the sihouette in newsprint in less than half a mintue:

Cutting newsprint with G Code image:  Size "100 mm high," Material "recycled paper," Power "100%," Depth "10," Passes "3," Time "24 seconds:

Contour image

laser cut from newsprint

• More in depth explanation of the LaserPecker 2 portable laser engraver at the end of this May 10th blog posting.