i made a goofy little set of heart prints using a couple of stamps i carved this week. i wasn't sure what i was going to do with them until i started titling them, and then it turned into a narrative.
you can check it out over on my flickr. just click the picture, an page through the photostream. hee hee.
paper size: 4x4 inches.
inks: all night media & color box.
hand carved stamps.
one of a kind print.
Fat Girl is now available in a big fat stack of issues #1-7, so people can just snag 'em all instead of having to purchase individual issues. Fat Art ideas are percolating as i spent some time binding FG zines today...
anongrrl.etsy.com
zines! these are all of my zines, from Eve Art on through Fat Girl. you may also notice my postcards and some bumper stickers i am still trying to unload for the print club.
they normally all live nestled together in a pink plastic tub, but i wanted to really take a stock count on them, so i had to pull them out and lay them out!
i am half tempted to open my own distro, but i think that is best left to the experts for the moment, until i get this employment thing figured out!
all of these zines are available in ye olde etsy shop.
http://anongrrl.etsy.com/
i completed these prints for my fine art valentine 2008. i do this swap in February, and 2008 is year five for this exchange. to learn more about it, visit my call to artists.
4 color FAV (fine art valentine) suicide reduction print. this means that one block was used for all the color runs, and slowly carved down until the only thing remaining is the carve from the last layer. it also means these exact prints can never be duplicated past the original edition of 22.
this was made with three ink impressions. the first impression was orange and yellow-orange applied at the same time to a square block then pressed, then i carved it down a little, added some lines, and did a light brown striped thingie, then i carved it down to a heart, carved out some dots, and printed the red heart.
materials: all night media inks and color box inks, as well as speedball carving block (the yucky white kind i don't like, but happened to have around--i couldn't find my pink speedycut.) they are printed on white cardstock. i will next be signing and numbering them!
you can see a detail of this print on my flickr photostream.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicciwashere/1108178714
one section of the wall, next to my closet of storage, is covered in (mostly) prints. that is to say that printmaking has attacked my wall. these are prints from my portfolio, or (the smaller ones, 6x6 and 4x4 inches) are from various trades i have been in.
the small ones, the4x4 inchers, are my FAV swaps. this is only 2 sets of FAVs. i'm not sure where the other 2 are hiding. i have my suspicions! (ie, in a box awaiting transport from Georgia.
tonight i'm going to hit a couple openings, and soak up some creative vibes. more of my portfolio will be hittin' the walls just as soon as i dig out some things!
xox
today Danielle helped me hang up my postcards, show announcements, and mini art of mine and from friends. i have a bunch of other stuff to go up, but i ran out of mini binder clips. (ohnoes!)
my studio is just beginning to look like it's mine. i have to wait on the rest of my furniture before getting too crazy with the hanging. plus i have to save room for all the framed work which is packed in a bin back in Savannah.
if you'd like, you can check out a close up of the art wall in progress.
here's how i resolved my little 'write a note to people with their order and include a button' dilemma. i am just testing these out until i figure out a better way. i like these, but doing a lot of them would suck the ink out of my printer. i get 8 to a standard sheet. i think they're cute.
i'm trying to work out a look and theme to my packaging, but keep it simple so as not to be wasteful.
these little ceramic tiles are made of a warm red clay, and have been bisqued and glaze fired with majolica glazes whose characteristic effect is watercolor-esque. they are 1x1 inches each.
they are made by first bisquing the tiles, then doing a white glaze fire. next, the color glazes are applied and the tiles are fired again.
note: at least one hole is blocked by glaze on each of these tiles. you can glue them down, and hide the holes with a glued in seed bead, if you like or epoxy in short lengths of wire to emulate sewing.
@ etsy.
a tentative re-design of my portfolio. i'm not sure i'll keep all thes sub-headings. designing that many galleries doesn't sound like a lot of fun!
i want to keep my website current, so i think it's best to just list the newest works and thinks in progress.
this is the only remaining section of the website to finish--also the biggest. this accounts for almost all of the content. zoiks!
i may remove the 'work in series' section, and just upload the older work to my flickr, leaving evematrix as an illustration/mail art/journal site. one day, if i feel the yen for photo again, i will design an entire section for my photography.
and thus it begins. version eight point oh. slow going. i'm going to do my level best not to upload this until it's finished. srsly.
so kick me if i u/l it too soon and there are broken links. ;)
xox
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i am working on a site re-design. i'm going hand illustration all the way. here's a sample of the nav bar and what it's going to look like. (you know, i should really just hire someone to do my layout with my own graphics. but i'm going to do it myself. it's tedious, but i will get it to where i like it eventually. as everyone knows, i do this about once a year. the idea is to get something fun so i can stop re-designing, and just concentrate on adding content.
too cute? just right? please leave me your thoughts. you can also look at the first edition of the bar and see the difference, and also check out what one page looked like straight out of my sketchbook.
These invitation size cards are printed with hi rez digital artwork. Each card contains an envelope with it, and they are blank inside. Hand assembled, with some stamped on the back.
Inside this pack are 10 cards total:
5 cards of the back musculature.
5 cards of the hand on the back of the neck.
All ten cards are made with acid free materials. The images are printed on epson matte paper.
@ etsy.
These invitation size cards are printed with hi rez digital artwork. Each card contains an envelope with it, and they are blank inside. Hand assembled, with some stamped on the back.
These photos of my niece and her best friend were taken as a series about girls and their friendships with each other. The other 2 cards are toy camera photos of my niece, the distortions in the lens add a little mystery to the images.
Images vary. More photos @ etsy.
All eight cards are made with acid free materials. The images are printed on epson matte paper.
These invitation size cards are printed with hi rez digital artwork. Each card contains an envelope with it, and they are blank inside. Hand assembled, with some stamped on the back.
Inside this pack are 11 cards total:
4 of the little bedroom cards
5 of the sleepy kitty cards
1 of the queen bee cards
1 of the ladybug card
All eleven cards are made with acid free materials. The images are printed on epson matte paper.
@ etsy.
in one of my portfolios, i found this stack of prints from my first year of printmaking. the top is a print on tracing paper i did so i could test colors. i never did use color on this block, but saved the proof for some reason.
it's all about process, isn't it? it was interesting to look through this portfolio and see work from 9 years ago (or so). i remember loving this print soley because of the hair. it's all about the hair.
there was also some stuff in there i found to be really crappy. and then there was a piece i hated when i made it, but love it now. it's titled lethargy and is very zombie-esque.
this is the only surviving monotype print from my days of undergrad. i just found it in a portfolio i was cleaning out. it's a 3 color monotype, which means it was run through the press three times with ink on mylar to offset it onto paper. it's about 9x12 inches (image area) or so.
it's very zombilicious.
this is a pack of seven cards with 4 separate photographic images. if you have been checking out my art for a while, you might recognize the photos from the orange crush series i did of piece portraits. they're a little sexy without showing much of what is traditionally considered naughty.
suggestive, we shall say. i decided to offer them in a pack on etsy for $10 per set of 7 cards. there are 2 sets of these. they're available in my shop.
more images are also available at the object page on etsy.
this is a little sample pack of zines. the MHW issue (green) talks about how to make your own zine. DNB and Cook This! are 24 Hour Zines, and EA:Self Portraits (red) is a 1/8 size zine that shows staple binding. it's an alternative zine size that isn't really used much. the other zines are hand bound with a japanese stab binding.
this little set seems like a pretty good starter for anyone who is looking to make their own zine, with instructions in MHW#2, and a showcase of three sizes, and two different bindings.
this is the zine stash i have been working on binding. these are mostly copies of Fat Girl (1-7), Toy Camera, & Do Not Bend.
these zines are 1/4 size (meaning they are the size of a quarter of a sheet of US standard paper). they are all hand bound with a japanese stab binding. i store this size zine in a wire crate.
mmm black metal.
a stack of grey, orange, red and black pages for Pat's mandala chunky book. these are all hand stamped and embellished with awesome polka dotty ribbon, as well as shrinky dink signature tags and thread.
one of these days i'll get around to posting galleries of all the chunky books i have participated in! no, really.
