Processes, Bears and Plants

What is so nice about printmaking is that you can print the same image multiple times and experiment without worrying about ruining your only image. I like to try out different colors of ink, various tonal ranges, and different types of paper until I find a combination I like.





"East of the Sun, West of the Moon," a drypoint.

A drypoint is where you draw into a metal plate with a needle. This raises a bur of metal that catches ink and creates a very rich velvety line when printed.

This is a print of an old folktale about a polar bear who comes and steals a young maiden. It is very similar to Beauty and the Beast, but way cooler because it has a polar bear in it! There are many old stories of maidens being taken by beasts and if you read into the symbolism of folklore more secrets emerge and tell a story within a story. I think that's my favorite part!

For the full story (and annotations) click here







The same print but with hand coloring.




My plant from last week, but with color. I used two plates here, one for the black lines, and another for the green lines.





The very same plant, but with a sexy aquatint! Oooh! Don't you look so good!