June 5, 2023

Drawn at Art Buddies in Albuquerque:

OTHER

On June 4th, Adam printed out my second set of AI images, which I framed and hung at Quelab in 8x8 inch frames:

Second AI exhibition 

printed, framed and hung at Quelab

Later that night I laser engraved two AI images, and two images by Tres Gatos Press of Guadalajara.  I had previously laser engraved the two images from Guadalajara with the LaserPecker 2, a smaller portable laser cutter:

Laser engraved 6x6 inch linocuts,

two passes taking an hour apiece

Manuel Guerra of Horned Toad Prints is going to visit Tres Gatos Press in Guadalajara next month, and asked for five round linocuts of 4 inch diameter from New Mexico, to add to the "Print Off" they are planning on the streets of Guadalajara, like we did in 2019:

Laser cutting linoleum circles

of 4 inch diameter at Quelab,

to carve and take down to Guadalajara

for the upcoming "Print Off"

Linoleum circles of 4 inch diameter

ready for carving

PRINTMAKING

I laser engraved the first drawing from this blog post, into linoleum using the laser cutter at Quelab (and laser cut the border off):