can i get some sunshine please

here is the initial build-up of the enviornment for the buffalo people. it is a subtle transfer monotype with gouache coloring, so this photo of it isn't totally picking up what is going on. I did a few transfer monotypes this week of mountains & I am going to try printing the plate in a variety of colors over them.








here is a worm doll prototype (with the litho printed on canvas for the face). The body looks like a turd and I think it's working



and this is my newest etching/ possibly my last for ip. I need a few more lithographs so the two I have make more sense to the folio of work.

i fixed the ugly one

I have made doll decisions:

Their faces will be lithographs printed on fabric and their bodies will be leather worms.

They will hang and feel hairy

I have started sketches for dolls + possible layouts for an exhibition
Tonight I will begin constructing the dolls and see what happens.

I don't know if I am about frames or not. I think if I do decide to frame my prints, I need to use found frames & they need not be uniform.

I was also thinking of printing the lithographs on fabric and quilting it.


I am really 100 percent about the crafts here.

LIFE IS STRIFE

I drew this because I was sad:

I want a beautiful apple

I drew this:




I like this:

The human mind delights in finding pattern- so much so that we often mistake coincidence or forced analogy for profound meaning. No other habit of thought lies so deeply within the soul of a small creature trying to make sense of a complex world not constructed for it. - stephen j gould

making things to fill the time between sandwiches

I wanted to try and have a new plate completed before I submit my portfolio to graduate schools. This guy is giving me trouble as I put the hard-ground on too thick in a rush and baked it for too long (so it flakes off as I am trying to scratch into it). I haven't had access to a studio, so I couldn't fix it and just decided to work with the flaking.

my first application is due on the 10th. hopefully I can manage a good print of this by then.