May 7, 2024

We drew at Sir Henry Morales' studio in Albuquerque:

Deep Dream Generator

Deep Dream Generator

AI

I uploaded the first drawing in this blog post, and asked Midjourney to "describe" it, and then generate images based on that description (I experimented with "describe" in March):

Midjourney

Midjourney

The last of four generations

from the 4th Midjourney prompt

Midjourney

Haiper

EzGif

Midjourney

Deep Dream Generator

Midjourney

Deep Dream Generator

Petalica Paint

Krea

Midjourney

Deep Dream Generator

Petalica Paint

Krea

Haiper

EzGif

PRINTMAKING

I passed out the laser cut "hat" linoleum tiles to those at Henry's drawing group -- which I had described on the BUCKET EXHIBITIONS blog.

I had laser cut a bunch the night before at Quelab:

Unlike last time, the laser cutter did not flame out,

because the air assist was working

I bumped up the laser cutting to 7 passes -- at 100% power, speed 20 -- and that cut all the way through, mostly.

The LightBurn settings

I also cut a 7 inch square around the "hat" shape.  That gave me two "remainder" pieces on the outside, which could also be carved, and inked up in a different color -- to make a puzzle print of a single "hat" carving -- which would fit on 8x8 inch paper:

Laser cutting the "hat" and the square,

gave me three puzzle pieces altogether,

that can be inked up and printed together

The laser cut "hat" shapes were 7 inches at the widest, and all tiled together tightly:

Tiling the "hat" shapes

The previous Sunday (May 5th) I also passed out some "hat" shaped linoleums to printmakers in Santa Fe:

Julie Sola, of Las Vegas, New Mexico,

accepted the challenge

Mike Kimball is in