Good evening readers:
A quick update about my current project - an independent study in papermaking & printmaking.
Over the past few months I have been working on a suite of prints styled after one I made last semester.
These prints were created from the ground up. The paper used to print was hand made by me and each color plate is what is known as a "pulp painting", which is a process that involves adding colored pulp to a freshly pulled sheet of cotton paper. You can see here at the end of the entry what a pulp painting looks like without a print on it!
As a reminder, linoleum blocks are a form of relief printing where the high parts are wh
at create the marks of the print. Think of a linoleum block as a giant, custom-made rubber stamp.The image featured here aims to satirize so-called glamor and remind us that just because someone might be good looking or pretty on the outside, it doesn't mean by the same token they are a good person.
Thanks for checking it out, all my best.
-Mike
Prints are 16x20 inches on handmade paper
Color plates in a variable edition of 3
Black & Whites in an edition of 5
