Saturday morning, I quickly whipped together the blue that
my one print was missing(because the blue had dried faster than the green with
the evaporating water), and printed it.
Besides the string of the balloon, my work was almost finished! I couldn't believe it!
Our final discussion revolved around properly signing and
numbering prints. I finally understood
what I was seeing in galleries. I had
always wondered what the different letters and numbers had meant on
prints. I signed and numbered my prints
in pencil and my sunflowers seemed complete.
Eileen had borrowed some colored
pencils from the drawing class and I was lucky enough to get to borrow them to
finish the curly string coming off my balloons.
Although we all agreed that Prismacolors would make a huge difference in
quality, I was eager to finish my pieces.
Eileen began hanging up the Chipboard pieces as Judy and I finished our
final touches.
Here are the wonderful works made by my classmates in Eileen Foti's Printmaking class.
Here are the wonderful works made by my classmates in Eileen Foti's Printmaking class.
During our final lunch together, we spoke about where to get
printmaking supplies. I love how so many
of the tools used are recycled. The
chipboard pieces could be taken from cereal boxes, the weights could be
procured from a local trophy shop, and plexi glasses could even be gathered
from a local frame shop's scraps. Not only
could each print be benefited from the use of recycled materials, but the
community could also be involved. Eileen
also shared with us how to make your own transfer paper using iron oxide, that
could be used over and over again throughout the year.
Here are some of the amazing works my fellow aTi participants created over the course of our week of art!
Eileen Foti demonstrating her brayer rolling technique |
My presentation of the work I completed during my week at Ati |
Here is the collection of work I completed this week! I look forward to giving one of the Noah images to my sister in law as a gift!
Thank you to aTi for making this experience possible, and thank you to each teacher involved, as I have learned from all of you.