http://writtenimages.net/

http://writtenimages.net/

This project is making use of 42 image generating programs by 42 artists to generate new images for each copy of the book, limited to an edition of 250 books 400 pages each. Each book is unique. They requested funding via the website kickstart.com and reached their funding goals really fast. It's somewhat brilliant.

Lithographer of ruin : Hisaharu Motoda

Hisaharu Motoda:

http://pinktentacle.com/2007/05/neo-ruins-lithographs-of-post-apocalyptic-tokyo/

http://web.me.com/motoda_01_01/hmotoda/Home.html

Banksy and Simpsons Collaboration

Banksy, the street artist/social provocateur/genius directs a Simpson’s opening that is more biting than the last 3 seasons combined.

Banksy's Simpsons Intro

Enrique Chagoya Debacle

Some recent news on one of our project artists:

Flap over Colo. museum exhibit surprises artist

and

Witness: Woman screamed about God while destroying art

quoted: "I just took her away from the case. I didn't know she'd gotten the print already. She was ripping up the paper when I was holding her," he said.

hmm... I have the urge to do that in many galleries I visist as well.

William Kentridge

Anything is Possible

A few more examples of student lithographs....

polyester plate lithography

http://illegitimatepress.com/section/32270_ILLEGITIMATE_Prints.html

Most of these are from polyester plates. He seems to be making the most out of the limited abilities of the plates. Impressive stuff.

not your mother's zine

Looking at the zines I've seen posted on the internet I am left with only one thought, things change with time. I remember zines as Professor Rante described them, photocopied and kind of raw. But now, most of these are full-color and clean appearing to be mostly "art books." It would appear that most zines of any narrative substance have become webzines, or blogs. I recall finding zines at music stores selling for a dollar. They used the technology of the day to express themselves and they were barely legible. Now, with the internet and color copiers and sites like etsy, people are selling these things at $20 a pop. Seems more self-indulgent and commercialized than the DIY zines of old. Certainly these new-fangled zines have something to offer, but it seems the mindset has changed. Certainly there are still photocopied zines out there, but how much effort does the zine-maker need to go through to dirty up their images as copier technology improves. It's an interesting subculture, but like any subculture that has been around long enough the mainstream gets ahold of it and changes the face of the culture. Not that zines are everywhere, but where they can be found, they are easily accessible, clean, and nicely printed. The more I think about it, the more I realize the old school zine style is somewhat romanticized. Like punk clothing that used to be purchased from thriftstores is now purchased at the mall. I think the down and dirty aesthetic that zines began with had as much to do with the technology used to make them as the gritty material they contained. Colorful and cleanly put together zines are just the sign of the times.

Zine video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh1W15BWCUk

Hey I'm testing this to see if it works...where are the links that we are supposed to be checking out?? I must have missed them somewhere. Testing testing....can you hear me now?? =)

zine post

etsy I am a bit confused about what i am supposed to post but i looked at this link for zine examples so i posed this one

WELCOME !

Let the lithography begin!

Here are your links for easy access:

Nieves

etsy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine

Other links you find yourself are acceptable as well.

http://uberpress.com/

http://uberpress.com/

The ultimate full size and portable fine art etching press that anyone can afford. The Uber Press prints high pressure etching, dry-point, zinc plate, ImagOn, Solarplate, mezzotint, and engraved plates. Monotype, relief, wood block, lino-cut and chine-cole plates are printed with a simple blanket change.

The patent-pending design has built in height adjustment to accommodate both children and adults. The Uber Press is perfect for the serious printmaker who needs a fully capable etching press with a 22" x 30" paper size. The Uber Press is ideal for schools programs that need safe, reliable and indestructible equipment. The Uber Press requires minimal cleaning maintenance and is easily transported between class rooms or schools maximizing school budgets.

With prices starting at $1595.00 USD (ready to print) the Uber Press is affordable.

A quick note:
There's a writeup on Printeresting about Shepard Fairey. While you are there, catch up on other late breaking printmaking news.
Shepard Fairey

rock poster sites

Art of Jerry Tidwell - nice range of genre's - really good integration of words
http://humantree.com/artwork/rock-posters-2

Dan Stiles - Very Design oriented- you can definitely tell the posters are his design.
http://danstiles.com/posters-the-roots-ac-newman.html

A blog with tagged images of rock posters with links to other rock poster artists
http://www.changethethought.com/tag/rock-posters/

A huge archive of gigposters - not all screen printed, but posters all the same.
use the browse buttons on the top left side of the menu to browse through the posters:
http://www.gigposters.com/poster/19471_Radiohead.html

A nice site with classic and modern rock posters
http://www.dking-gallery.com/

http://swampco.com/

http://www.posterbomb.com/

http://www.posterscene.com/html_index.cfm?page=home

art critique in the classroom

After discussing the lack of input during in class critiques with several students, I began looking for short yet informative info that would maybe help students feel more confident in making comments during critique. There is nothing worse than putting your work up and getting zero comments. Is that a good or a bad? You never know. What is bad is that not getting any feedback means we miss out on chances to improve what doesn't work with our images. This is a school and we are all here to learn.

I beg you to shred me. Tear my work apart. I want the end result to be the best it can be. If no one says anything then...how am I to grow?

A short and to the point website with info on classroom critique:

http://www.albany.edu/faculty/dgoodwin/shared_resources/critique.html

also a really good book on critiquing. The Critique Handbook. I own the first edition. This is the second edition.

http://www.amazon.com/Critique-Handbook-Students-Sourcebook-Survival/dp/0205708110/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272638706&sr=1-1
The Critique Handbook.

screen printing registration

I had a lot of problems with registration during my first print so I started doing some research. Basically, the best system I've come across makes use of cross hairs at the top, bottom, right, and left sides of the screen outside of the image area. The only issue I see with this is that it requires the use of an initially larger margin, maybe an extra inch all the way around. Tearing this extra inch off after printing. I am probably just going to hand draw them unless I can get a transparency printed that measures larger than my image size (11x17 or so). The cross hairs look like this:

Artist to look at.

I went to the site of these artist and found there work interesting and innovative. I liked especially two of the artist work Ann Hamilton and Tim Hawkinson. I liked how she only showed her mouth especially the one with the water flowing out it showed so much movement. I like the plastic disc that he showed in his work it to have you moving around the image.

The Moving Crew: Ideal X!

In the works, The Moving Crew (the world's largest art collective) is going to Croatia.
Check out our website:

Ideal X

and stay tuned for news.

I will be headed for Croatia as soon as final crits are over!

sgc 2010 demos and panels

here is a link to some videos of the demos and panels done at sgc. http://www.temple.edu/tyler/printmaking/SGC2010.html

I got to see a couple in person and there is some really interesting/ educational stuff here so everyone should check it out.