PRINTMAKING IN COLOR

On June 19th Henry Morales and I printed in color at his studio.  We did not make enough prints the previous Saturday in Santa Fe, and I wanted to return both the linocuts and prints to Henry and Virgil Velasco:

Some of the fresh prints

Cranfield Caligo Safe Wash Relief Colors

We used all the Cranfield Caligo Safe Wash Relief Colors shown above, except the black:

• Opaque White
• Burnt Umber
• Extender
• Black
• Carbazole Violet
• Raw Umber
• Yellow Ochre
• Light Orange
• Rubine Red

NOTE:  Cranfield is coming out with a "Soft Shade" color set

VIRGIL'S PRINTS

We printed some of Virgil Velasco's linocuts:

Henry printing

HENRY'S PRINTS

BURNT vs RAW UMBER

One of the big discoveries was that BURNT UMBER was darker -- and that RAW UMBER was lighter. This can make a huge difference, as the dark Burnt Umber feels better than black.  However the images that call for a not-so-dark color, look great with Raw Umber:

BURNT UMBER ink looks black,

but feels a lot better

RAW UMBER ink is lighter

and better for some other prints

RAW UMBER

YELLOW OCHRE

Two color rainbow inking

Then Henry drew into the ink

before printing

Henry also rolled a light color

mixed with EXTENDER

on the image without using the press

"Drawing" with a thin roller,

after inking the whole linocut

The inked linocut plate

The print

Inking with several colors

KRRRL'S PRINT

Henry printed my AI figure drawing:

June 16, 2025

June 16, 2025

VIRGIL'S WARHOLS

We also printed Virgil's small Andy Warhol linocut:

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JULLIANA KIRWIN

I visited JULIANNA KIRWIN'S studio on June 21st, where she and Kaylan were inking up a big print, also in Cranfield Caligo Relief colors:

Julianna Kirwin (left) with Kaylan (right)

Selective inking

Large prints by Julianna,

which she will exhibit in FUSION in November

The lithographs that Julianna made

at Taller Rufino Tamayo in Oaxaca

A lithograph that Julianna made

at La Buena Impresión in Oaxaca

HERSTORY

Julianna is giving free workshops as part of the HERSTORY project:

FREE workshops

Barbara Endicott's print

from the HERSTORY workshop

Julianna's linocut class,

$175

Also I saw Julie Sola selling her prints in Santa Fe the day before, on June 20th:

Julie Sola in her tent

selling prints at the Santa Fe Railyards

Junius and I at Leo's party

on June 18th