In an attempt to get the mad mango project done this weekend, I ended up at A&C yesterday, looking for the stuff we needed to make some linocuts. Of course, this is the first time I've been in that store without Jerome, which interestingly led to much more direct shopping. Normally, we sort of wander around and find all sorts of neat stuff. This time, I went straight for what I needed, and then danced around in that aisle for a while weighing the options.
So I came home with a LOT of stuff, though the majority of it is the reusable type stuff--the roller and cutting tools were the bulk of the cost. The ink is not cheap, but not prohibitive, and the actual linoleum pieces vary in cost. I bought two each of two different kinds, thinking it would give us each a chance to try cutting on different types. Jerome then proceeded to use the two that looked like they would be easier to cut (and were also cheaper), and proclaimed them awesome. So I'll only be buying that kind the next time, unless I discover that the more expensive ones cut nicely as well.
Jerome's linocuts were, unsurprisingly, mangoes, though I'm trying to figure out a way to make a few more cuts on those to turn them into something I can use. In the meantime, one of mine will end up being "Mango Girl," the character I built out of the scraps of a mango stencil. The other one will be a fish of some sort, because I can draw fish... mostly... :)
The mango project gets turned in this evening. I told Jerome that when it's all said and done, he should open a shop on Etsy and call it Gothic Mango. There's a severe lack of mango artwork on Etsy, you see. :)
(I will post some pictures of the linoleum blocks and prints as soon as I can... I'm just not sure what all Jerome is actually turning in this evening...)
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Monday, February 04, 2008
Friday, February 01, 2008
Ack!
I just realized that I never did blog about my collaging workspace, which I finally got cleaned up enough to show off in public. The pictures have been on my Flickr all week, but I forgot to mention it here.
So yeah, this is my tiny little dining room table. We don't really have a dining room, of course--this is in a little section of the living room that's near to the kitchen. In fact, if you look at the top left of the picture, that's the back of our microwave.
The brown and pink cardboard box (used to hold ramen noodles) is where I keep my stamps, inkpads, and sticky stuff--glue, tape, etc. Beneath that is a plastic container with drawers for SOME of my paper. The green and white box to the right of that is the rest of my paper (well, almost all of the rest). The tiny purple box is actually my hand-sewing stuff... it's been on the table lately because I was sewing charms onto ACEOs a week or more ago. The two jars at the right used to hold pickles and parmesan cheese; now they hold pens, pencils, and paint brushes. In front of those are my larger hole punches, and a stack of cards that are awaiting envelopes before I can list them.
Beneath the table, I store some empty cardboard boxes, along with whatever bubble wrap and packing peanuts I've received that are in good enough shape to reuse. There are chairs on the two sides of the table not flanked by the wall. One of them has random stuff tossed on it and more stuff beneath it. The other is where I sit.
Of course, these photos were taken on Sunday. Since then, Jerome has overtaken my table with the mango project. The mango project is probably going to drive me insane by Monday (when it's due), but perhaps then I'll have some fun stuff to show everyone. And a 3-week-overripe mango to do something with...
So yeah, this is my tiny little dining room table. We don't really have a dining room, of course--this is in a little section of the living room that's near to the kitchen. In fact, if you look at the top left of the picture, that's the back of our microwave.
The brown and pink cardboard box (used to hold ramen noodles) is where I keep my stamps, inkpads, and sticky stuff--glue, tape, etc. Beneath that is a plastic container with drawers for SOME of my paper. The green and white box to the right of that is the rest of my paper (well, almost all of the rest). The tiny purple box is actually my hand-sewing stuff... it's been on the table lately because I was sewing charms onto ACEOs a week or more ago. The two jars at the right used to hold pickles and parmesan cheese; now they hold pens, pencils, and paint brushes. In front of those are my larger hole punches, and a stack of cards that are awaiting envelopes before I can list them.
Beneath the table, I store some empty cardboard boxes, along with whatever bubble wrap and packing peanuts I've received that are in good enough shape to reuse. There are chairs on the two sides of the table not flanked by the wall. One of them has random stuff tossed on it and more stuff beneath it. The other is where I sit.
Of course, these photos were taken on Sunday. Since then, Jerome has overtaken my table with the mango project. The mango project is probably going to drive me insane by Monday (when it's due), but perhaps then I'll have some fun stuff to show everyone. And a 3-week-overripe mango to do something with...
Friday, January 18, 2008
Hmmm...
Well, I thought I had good End of the Work Week Wisdom to share, but a quick glance back through the archives shows me that I used that one about 15 months ago. *sigh*...
My little art project that I mentioned yesterday is looking super spiffy at the moment, though I didn't save the pictures to the internet yet, and thus can't post them. But basically, Jerome had some paper scraps from a stencil he was making. I was playing around with the largest of the scraps, and realized that it sort of looked like a head of hair, and was even the right shape to imagine a face in the middle. Oddly enough, the next scrap he handed me was in the shape of an eye, and just the right scale. And that was followed by an eyebrow.
I should point out that his stencil was for a mango. No, I'm not kidding. I'll post pictures of the products of the stencil too, eventually.
So anyway, I pasted all of the scraps to paper last night (though I did have to make a 2nd eye for my person), scanned it, and cleaned it up in PhotoShop (another big accomplishment for me, since I'm still learning that program). It looks amazingly good now, and I'm deciding if I want to turn it into a silk screen or a lino-cut block. I'm really curious about the latter, since I've never done it, and it looks like it would be both easy and neat. So yeah. I guess I'm getting into printmaking, one way or the other! :)
My little art project that I mentioned yesterday is looking super spiffy at the moment, though I didn't save the pictures to the internet yet, and thus can't post them. But basically, Jerome had some paper scraps from a stencil he was making. I was playing around with the largest of the scraps, and realized that it sort of looked like a head of hair, and was even the right shape to imagine a face in the middle. Oddly enough, the next scrap he handed me was in the shape of an eye, and just the right scale. And that was followed by an eyebrow.
I should point out that his stencil was for a mango. No, I'm not kidding. I'll post pictures of the products of the stencil too, eventually.
So anyway, I pasted all of the scraps to paper last night (though I did have to make a 2nd eye for my person), scanned it, and cleaned it up in PhotoShop (another big accomplishment for me, since I'm still learning that program). It looks amazingly good now, and I'm deciding if I want to turn it into a silk screen or a lino-cut block. I'm really curious about the latter, since I've never done it, and it looks like it would be both easy and neat. So yeah. I guess I'm getting into printmaking, one way or the other! :)
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