June 20, 2023

We drew and printed at Sir Henry Morales' studio in Albuquerque:

PRINTS

I drew the model on an expanded PVC foam square, and noted that it erased very nicely:

Someone brought in a tiny screwdriver kit, with many different tips. Perhaps these different tips can be used to draw into expanded PVC foam, to make a lot of different kinds of lines:

A small screwdriver set

with many different tips

Virgil Velasco

received a copy of the collaborative print

he did with Manuel Guerra

Linocut Discs

After the drawing session we printed linocut discs on the adjustable Tortilla Press:

The prints we made

from 4 inch linocut discs

We started by printing one of Virgil Velasco's linocuts discs:

Virgil Velasco

hand carved a linocut disc

of a 4 inch diameter

The 4 inch diameter linocut disc

fit nicely on the Tortilla Press

ABUSA adjustable Tortilla Press

Two variations

of Virgil's prints

We also laser engraved one of Xavier Moreno's images, which he sent me in email from Guadalajara:

Xavier Moreno's print came out nicely

I laser engraved one of the images I generated with Leonardo.AI based on my drawing style:

This print came out decently

The original source AI image:

Leonardo.AI

This image below generated in Leonardo.AI did not print out so well:

This print did not come out so well,

as the image was not crisp enough

The original source AI image:

Leonardo.AI

Leonardo.AI (blog post)

This AI Art image I generated with Midjourney and laser engraved into a linoleum disc, came out somewhat decently:

This print came out alright,

the best of three different versions

However I laser engraved two other versions of the same image, and they did not print out so well:

The first two versions of the laser engraved AI Art image

did not print so well

The original source AI image:

Midjourney

UPDATE (June 21):  Ellie Weadock carved and proofed two round linocuts.  She sent these images to me in email:

Ellie Weadock

Ellie Weadock

The street taco sized linocut discs are for a big "Print Off" in Guadalajara next month.  However I intend to also print them in Santa Fe next Saturday:

Print exhibition and "Print Off"

in Guadalajara in July

CAGE DISPLAY

This cage folds flat to fit in my car, and unfolds large enough to hang 8 prints on a side:

The Cage Display

The cage needs to fit on a table that is 27 inches deep:

The cage is 27 inches deep

The cage display is over 36 inches high

Juarez art controversy

(Pilo accepted)

• Los Indios Bravos of the Philippines included painter Juan Luna
• Academia de Dibujo y Pintura in the Philippines opened in 1821