tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:55:01 +0000artworkcreaturesblockprintingmisc.peoniesart fairmmmmreduction printplantsgardenObamaprintingprintmakingwaterless lithographypastelsPaeoniaetsyhttp://starkeyart.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)Blogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161.post-865867797717611901Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:48:00 +00002011-09-11T23:48:48.828-04:00 So I spent today making this woodblock reduction print.  It's pretty surprising that I was able to start and finish an edition in one day, and equally surprising that I do a print that has much meaning other than being, well, trees.  It was inspired by a conversation I had a few days ago with my teenage son that was stuck in my head and doing the print was a good opportunity to get it out.  Wehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Starkeyart/~3/kI7oT4w_9f0/9-10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Starkeyart/~4/kI7oT4w_9f0" height="1" width="1"/>http://starkeyart.blogspot.com/2011/09/9-10.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161.post-3215525098325575368Mon, 25 Jul 2011 02:55:00 +00002011-07-25T00:01:23.847-04:00artworkSo, I was feeling pretty good about being the featured artist at this charming new cafe, Amicis. There's not all that much wall space and I have plenty of prints and framed prints and empty frames, and I have a week to decide what will go. I was feeling pretty good about it until I made this postcard this morning an sent out invites to a ton of people and started getting back responses.Seeing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Starkeyart/~3/cLGWsdLTuC0/receptions-and-things.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Starkeyart/~4/cLGWsdLTuC0" height="1" width="1"/>http://starkeyart.blogspot.com/2011/07/receptions-and-things.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161.post-1445033761853552030Tue, 08 Mar 2011 04:41:00 +00002011-03-08T00:43:44.070-05:00So, this is part of a big block I spent a few weeks carving at the end of 2010 and beginning of 2011. It was slow going at times because of the detail, but I was really enjoying this 24" x 20" piece of Shina plywood so I tried not to keep track of the time spent carving it. I'm realizing that I don't have much to say about it except that I still haven't figured out exactly how it looks best http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Starkeyart/~3/N-k9f-Na77g/big-trees.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Starkeyart/~4/N-k9f-Na77g" height="1" width="1"/>http://starkeyart.blogspot.com/2011/03/big-trees.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161.post-2118730279049244944Wed, 01 Dec 2010 06:30:00 +00002011-02-10T08:50:05.968-05:00Where to begin with this one? Let's start with the week I spent making black and white prints for Visceral Gallery's Color Restrained show the last week of August, because that seems like the beginning of this story. These are the prints, made from one of my mix-n-match moku hanga experiments, previously printed in color. This was the first time I had tried printing in black and white since I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Starkeyart/~3/hRMdL3kAYyI/black-ink-fresh-art-and-inspiration.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Starkeyart/~4/hRMdL3kAYyI" height="1" width="1"/>http://starkeyart.blogspot.com/2010/12/black-ink-fresh-art-and-inspiration.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161.post-4991568417900681878Thu, 04 Nov 2010 06:09:00 +00002010-11-04T02:31:04.373-04:00pastelsartworkSo, there was this crazy week at the beginning of September where I had about seven art deadlines I decided I would attempt within a week. After it was over and I caught up on sleep, I wondered what the point was, and if it was worth it to enter juried shows and write proposals for shows and try to get grants. I'm still not sure, but I'm happy to say that my efforts thus far have been rewarded.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Starkeyart/~3/2rFYJofObxQ/published.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Starkeyart/~4/2rFYJofObxQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://starkeyart.blogspot.com/2010/11/published.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161.post-9164238825359886279Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:38:00 +00002010-08-13T08:32:40.364-04:00printmakingartworkwaterless lithographySo, a few months ago I had about an hour to pop into a workshop at the Dayton Printmakers Co-Op by Sinclair printmaking professor Kevin Harris for a quick lesson on waterless lithography. For those unfamiliar with the process, it goes something like this... you draw on a grained aluminum litho plate, cover the drawing with a thin layer of silicone, wash off the drawing and voila, you are left http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Starkeyart/~3/0O6jUYDGsrI/waterless-litho-luv-aka-somebody-hide.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)6<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Starkeyart/~4/0O6jUYDGsrI" height="1" width="1"/>http://starkeyart.blogspot.com/2010/08/waterless-litho-luv-aka-somebody-hide.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161.post-2520592064875048159Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:49:00 +00002010-08-10T18:32:03.262-04:00printmakingartworkart fairSo, Sunday I experienced my first art fair, Art On the Commons in Kettering, Ohio. It's a pretty big deal around here with about 100 artists juried in, 35 of them local, including me. I'm still thinking about it and trying to figure out what I did wrong and what I did right, and if it was worth the time and effort. Today I'm thinking it was definitely worth it now that I've cleaned up the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Starkeyart/~3/26jkwS8DpZ4/art-on-commons-morning-after.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Starkeyart/~4/26jkwS8DpZ4" height="1" width="1"/>http://starkeyart.blogspot.com/2010/08/art-on-commons-morning-after.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161.post-8619633188908880864Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:02:00 +00002010-08-04T01:09:19.144-04:00printmakingSo, exactly two years ago today I started my first reduction print, these hosta leaves. I know it was exactly two years ago today because it was my birthday and I woke up early on a Sunday morning while everyone else in the house slept in and decided I was going to give reduction printmaking a try. I remembered how unhappy I was with the results as I read this blog post where I refer to it as ahttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Starkeyart/~3/Fgp9lnXvJBo/celebrating-two-years-of-reduction.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Starkeyart/~4/Fgp9lnXvJBo" height="1" width="1"/>http://starkeyart.blogspot.com/2010/08/celebrating-two-years-of-reduction.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161.post-2415787026412416548Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:52:00 +00002010-07-23T02:04:51.734-04:00So, I haven't been a good blogger lately. I think I may have to do some back tracking as there has been quite a lot of activity going on the past few months. The FilmDayton letterpress poster project which consumed a couple months of my life, a variety of new printmaking techniques at my disposal and capturing my attention, my first two Baren Forum exchange prints and my space at the Cannery http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Starkeyart/~3/fWLcHllx-Z4/catching-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Starkeyart/~4/fWLcHllx-Z4" height="1" width="1"/>http://starkeyart.blogspot.com/2010/07/catching-up.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161.post-81837430271422987Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:04:00 +00002010-02-24T01:20:12.680-05:00artworkSo, it was about a year ago when I entered my first juried show, the 19th Annual Dayton Area Works On Paper. To date, my percentages are pretty good, as this year it was the 4th juried show I've submitted to and the 4th show for which I've had an entry accepted. Even better, when the show opens this Sunday I'll be receiving my first award.When I was trying to decide which three things to enter http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Starkeyart/~3/5i_WY-E_Z1I/20th-annual-dayton-area-works-on-paper.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Starkeyart/~4/5i_WY-E_Z1I" height="1" width="1"/>http://starkeyart.blogspot.com/2010/02/20th-annual-dayton-area-works-on-paper.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161.post-6529728917588285410Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:29:00 +00002010-02-24T00:02:23.899-05:00printmakingreduction printartworkSo, I put the final layer of ink down on my Road Into Town print a couple of Sunday nights ago, giving it just enough time to dry before throwing it into a frame to submit to Dayton Area Works on Paper the following Monday. I've blogged about the making of this one here, here, here, here and here, but I just wasn't able to bring myself to print the final reduction until faced with a deadline. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Starkeyart/~3/hxdCTMrbO1A/road-into-town-continued-once-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Starkeyart/~4/hxdCTMrbO1A" height="1" width="1"/>http://starkeyart.blogspot.com/2010/02/road-into-town-continued-once-again.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161.post-771660679269669045Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:45:00 +00002010-02-13T14:33:31.588-05:00So, I'm not even sure where to begin with this one. I could begin with a description of the proofs I pulled today at the Dayton Printmakers Co-Op on my second trip there. I could talk about the Co-Op, but that needs pictures (blog post soon to come). Or I could start with how I got there in the first place, because thinking your days are numbered can lead to an interesting carpe diem story. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Starkeyart/~3/D9hksclLzX4/and-now-something-completely-different.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Starkeyart/~4/D9hksclLzX4" height="1" width="1"/>http://starkeyart.blogspot.com/2010/02/and-now-something-completely-different.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161.post-4502611171600678172Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:28:00 +00002010-01-05T06:46:44.339-05:00printmakingreduction printartworkSo there it was, January 2 of the New Year, and I had just finished a reduction print and was thinking about clearing up my printmaking mess and putting away the Christmas decorations. Instead I kept staring at the two 12" x 12" linoleum blocks my 14 year-old son had picked out for me as a Christmas present, and he was putting the pressure on."Those are big, you need to make something cool!" andhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Starkeyart/~3/s9I6KuKqNPY/new-year-new-print-out-of-mouth-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Starkeyart/~4/s9I6KuKqNPY" height="1" width="1"/>http://starkeyart.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-year-new-print-out-of-mouth-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161.post-799737103917096095Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:44:00 +00002009-12-26T02:18:43.914-05:00So, here it is. My Christmas print. It's a monotype with about 8 impressions on Sekishu with Akua Kolor ink and measures approximately 7.5" x 10". I've found that it is really difficult to get a rich looking black with these inks, hence the multiple impressions. The fact that I don't actually have black ink might also have a little to do with that.This monotype is from a picture that came http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Starkeyart/~3/O78YkYjoP80/christmas-monotype.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Starkeyart/~4/O78YkYjoP80" height="1" width="1"/>http://starkeyart.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-monotype.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161.post-2774877271938423757Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:46:00 +00002009-12-05T22:32:22.440-05:00printmakingartworkprintingSo, I put this monotype in DVAC's ARTtoBUY gallery shop. It was kind of a last minute decision because I wasn't sure I wanted to part with it, but since I'm doing the reduction of the same scene I thought I could let go. It's the view when I turn right after pulling out of my street, and it's quite a lovely view headed down the hill that leads into Bellbrook. It always looks different http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Starkeyart/~3/xU4cBdSNRmA/road-into-town-continued.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Starkeyart/~4/xU4cBdSNRmA" height="1" width="1"/>http://starkeyart.blogspot.com/2009/12/road-into-town-continued.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161.post-8781277074515158146Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:13:00 +00002009-11-07T10:43:02.607-05:00printmakingartworkmisc.So, last night I did my first printmaking demonstration at DVAC's opening of ARTtoBUY. First of all, the gallery looked great and I can't believe the transformation of half of it into an art gift shop. Hats off to Patrick Mauk who runs the thing, as he did an incredible job. Secondly, that place was filled! It was three hours of non-stop people and at many times it was difficult to even move http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Starkeyart/~3/IFEAJort0x4/first-demonstration.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Starkeyart/~4/IFEAJort0x4" height="1" width="1"/>http://starkeyart.blogspot.com/2009/11/first-demonstration.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161.post-1235844497290999394Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:24:00 +00002009-10-26T15:11:54.704-04:00printmakingartworkprintingSo, it was a year ago, First Friday of November 2008, that I went to my very first First Friday. I had known about this First Friday thing since it's inception, where the galleries downtown are open late (and serve drinks), and had thought that it was something I'd like to attend but never really had the opportunity. That night, I just happened to be having beers with a friend from work and I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Starkeyart/~3/B25yohzSk7A/so-it-was-year-ago-first-friday-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Starkeyart/~4/B25yohzSk7A" height="1" width="1"/>http://starkeyart.blogspot.com/2009/10/so-it-was-year-ago-first-friday-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161.post-4317559566739011437Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:19:00 +00002009-10-25T13:16:44.937-04:00printmakingartworkThis is the first tree I carved. It was on EasyCut around the end of May in 2008. I remember being really disappointed when I tried to print it. The paper was all wrong. I think I printed on dry pastel paper. And I couldn't get good coverage. I was using Speedball Water Soluble ink applied with a brayer.I reprinted it this week with Akua Kolor waterbased inks, brushed on, doing multiple http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Starkeyart/~3/L8i9eQVEroM/getting-there-printmaking-201.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Starkeyart/~4/L8i9eQVEroM" height="1" width="1"/>http://starkeyart.blogspot.com/2009/10/getting-there-printmaking-201.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161.post-7589328311590633552Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:56:00 +00002009-10-06T23:22:55.533-04:00printmakingartworkprintingI was originally going to include these with my previous post, but once I got off the subject with color, I thought it might be better to start fresh. Here is my block after the first and second reduction, as well as the printed results. The print from the first reduction is a little different than the block. I ended up carving away more of the shadow in the road because the shape was looking http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Starkeyart/~3/2T2EHFVw2Zg/making-some-progress-part-ii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Starkeyart/~4/2T2EHFVw2Zg" height="1" width="1"/>http://starkeyart.blogspot.com/2009/10/making-some-progress-part-ii.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161.post-503756475420617403Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:46:00 +00002009-10-06T23:47:32.536-04:00printmakingprintingSo, the reduction print is going fairly well. I started out by making 2 backgrounds on inexpensive paper for proofs and 12 on paper I like. I'm using a mix of paper; creamy colored Kitakata, natural and white Sekishu, and finally 2 on Goyu, a paper I'm trying for the first time.As usual, each one is different and some I like more than others. Basically, though, they all resemble this one withhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Starkeyart/~3/scc4JMhuGd0/making-some-progress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Starkeyart/~4/scc4JMhuGd0" height="1" width="1"/>http://starkeyart.blogspot.com/2009/10/making-some-progress.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161.post-1113126817796867042Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:46:00 +00002009-10-01T11:06:49.879-04:00printmakingprintingSo, the first step in my reduction print once I had the block carved was going to be printing out some backgrounds. The first two were on cheap scrap paper and the ink coverage was awful, and I was wavering on color. I thought I would use a piece of Sekishu on the third, and I liked the first impression. And the second impression. And so on and so on for about 15 impressions until I had made http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Starkeyart/~3/0-7NmBOKIHs/road-into-town-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Starkeyart/~4/0-7NmBOKIHs" height="1" width="1"/>http://starkeyart.blogspot.com/2009/10/road-into-town-part-2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161.post-6060107778505236849Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:42:00 +00002009-09-30T01:26:47.542-04:00printmakingI don't know how many times over the past eight years that I've lived in my house I've pulled to the end of my street in the morning, stopped to turn right, and then wished I had a camera with me to take a picture of the view heading into downtown Bellbrook. I live at the top of a hill and downtown, with its one intersection, is at the bottom. It's different every morning, depending on the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Starkeyart/~3/8Z3Pshm3tag/road-into-town.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Starkeyart/~4/8Z3Pshm3tag" height="1" width="1"/>http://starkeyart.blogspot.com/2009/09/road-into-town.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161.post-6196699881554607458Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:12:00 +00002009-09-29T01:00:23.040-04:00printmakingetsyartworkSo, I am in the process of reprinting some things, for a few different reasons.I've committed to taking part in Dayton Visual Arts Center's holiday ARTtoBUY event, where they turn part of the gallery into a shop filled with member's artwork for two months. I had to fill out an inventory sheet listing my prints and how many of each print I had available, and I think it is probably a good idea to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Starkeyart/~3/QBQwYowhYbM/reprinting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Starkeyart/~4/QBQwYowhYbM" height="1" width="1"/>http://starkeyart.blogspot.com/2009/09/reprinting.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161.post-109504042181817372Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:52:00 +00002009-09-10T07:46:54.284-04:00artworkprintingSo, this is a story of printmaking gone wrong, or just not tuning out as planned. I always have such high expectations when beginning a print. Thoughts of "Oh, this is the One, this One will be good and I'll be happy" fill my head after the first few impressions until I encounter some kind of obstacle during the process and end up with something different than what I had planned.The first threehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Starkeyart/~3/7IdonUY-bLc/fail-print-or-maybe-not.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Starkeyart/~4/7IdonUY-bLc" height="1" width="1"/>http://starkeyart.blogspot.com/2009/09/fail-print-or-maybe-not.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6041026155195090161.post-7723286720287350615Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:07:00 +00002009-09-08T00:15:33.804-04:00artworkprintingSo, I've finally started an Etsy shop. I've been putting it off for one reason or another for quite a while. Thoughts like "I need to make a chop first" and "I need to make more prints first" and "There is something wrong with every one of these" have continuously been a stumbling block.Necessity is indeed the mother of invention. I need to invent a way to support my printmaking habit.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Starkeyart/~3/gf8hRefZrTA/etsy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (starkeyart)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Starkeyart/~4/gf8hRefZrTA" height="1" width="1"/>http://starkeyart.blogspot.com/2009/09/etsy.html