Fantastic Fun

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Six-foot print made by gelatin-plate workshop participants at Peregrine Press. It was great fun to work big and to work as a group.

Cut Aways

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I’ve been intrigued by cut-up plates and especially so after seeing Romare Bearden’s hacked-up plates at the exhibition “From Process to Print: Graphic Works by Romare Bearden” at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. (The description of the exhibition includes a … Continue reading →

Relaxing into the process

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These prints were made with a much larger agar plate that sat around for two days. Its edges started to crack, but cutting them off was a simple matter (and if you are experimenting, don’t forget that all gelatin-plate scraps … Continue reading →

Agar-Agar Plates

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On my own I worked out a recipe for a gelatin plate based on agar agar (bought in the form of seaweed, not flakes). I learned that although the gelatin is firm it will break with the least provocation. I … Continue reading →

Getting Started with Gelatin Plates

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With many thanks to Anne Garland and Lou Lipkin, I had a wonderful afternoon of printmaking with a gelatin plate. We experimented with water-based relief inks from Speedball, Daniel Smith, and Akua. Some of the inks rolled out beautifully, others … Continue reading →

Mail Art

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I ran into a post of Mail Art by Sue Angebranndt a while ago. Then for Christmas the book she discussed arrived from my friend Cathy. Not a coincidence, I suspect. I have decided to try to start mail art … Continue reading →

Moku hanga

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Another chance to embrace Beginner’s Mind! April Vollmer (standing in the foreground of the first photo) came up from New York City to give a weekend workshop at Peregrine Press. She gave the members a thorough introduction to Japanese woodblock … Continue reading →

In which everything is made clear

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Watch this animation. It portrays the formation of chromosomes and the production of proteins. If you studied this stuff in high school or college, it’s a great knitting together of information. If you haven’t studied this stuff, here’s a good … Continue reading →