tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-244072562024-03-23T13:47:07.251-04:00Diane Cutter Fine Art BlogA bilingual blog regarding the art (printmaking, pastels, watercolors, oils) & travels of artist Diane Cutter (formerly The Itinerant Artist)~~~~~~~
Un blog bilingue sobre el arte (grabados, pastel, acuarelas, oleos) y viajes de la artista Diane Cutter (antes The Itinerant Artist)Diane Cutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847435040149730066noreply@blogger.comBlogger187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24407256.post-62688864462063913222013-01-06T13:31:00.002-04:002013-01-06T13:31:48.067-04:00Book Review of "101 Prints" by Norman R. Eppink<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3868568-101-prints" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="101 Prints" border="0" src="http://www.goodreads.com/assets/nocover/111x148.png" /></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3868568-101-prints">101 Prints</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1649817.Norman_R_Eppink">Norman R. Eppink</a><br/>
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This book has an interesting format. Originally the book was a project in which Eppink produced 101 prints using the various printmaking processes known and then gave a brief description to accompany each of those prints. It was presented as a boxed set, an edition of only 15. While those 15 sets are no longer available outside of museums and private collections, we have a published book which reproduces those prints with their explanations.<br /><br />The upside for this book is that there is a simple explanation of each of the printmaking processes: various types of woodcuts, intaglio, etc. It was a bit more expansive on the different types than most printmaking books I've seen, making it a good reference book for any printmaker that wishes to expand their library.<br /><br />The downside is it was published in 1971 and since that time there have been big developments in many newer printmaking techniques. In addition, a number of his print descriptions now have a newer vocabulary. Also don't expect a how-to book on the processes.
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<b>Here's another recently finished scratchboard piece. Here in Puerto Rico we have the pearly-eyed thrasher which loves to hop right up as soon as you open your food at the beach. Since posting this elsewhere I've gotten all kinds of similar comments about pesky grackles, house sparrows, and pigeons, all shameless urban beggars.</b></div>
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<i><b>Aqui tenemos otra pieza scratchboard recientamente terminada. En Puerto Rico tenemos el zorzal pardo que encanta salta bien cerquita el momento que empiezas a comer algo en la playa. A proposito de exhibir este en otra website he tenido mucho comentario sobre pajaros necios como el estornin, el gorrion, y la paloma, todos mendigos sinverguenzosos.</b></i><br />
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Diane Cutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847435040149730066noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24407256.post-24483329741528270392012-10-21T15:21:00.001-04:002012-10-21T15:21:59.217-04:00Something new ~ Algo Nuevo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"Bosque Reflections" ~ "Reflejos del Bosque"</div>
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<i><b>Mi blog ha sido muy quieto per he sido sumamente ocupada. Este es una de varias piezas del dicho scratchboard que recien termine. La inspiracion vino de los miles de fotos que saque el ano pasado de los miles y miles de pajaros en la reserva nacional Bosque de Apache en el centro de Nuevo Mejico.</b></i></div>
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Diane Cutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847435040149730066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24407256.post-76903664024118814152012-07-18T11:16:00.002-04:002012-07-18T11:17:25.216-04:00Emily Carr?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>I swear <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Carr">Emily Carr</a> haunted my knives for my latest woodcut. Don't know who she is? Then you are definitely not Canadian. Neither am I but I just recently found her. I love her trees and somehow I felt her spirit creep into this tiny piece for the Baren 53 print exchange.</b><br />
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<i><b>Juro que <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Carr">Emily Carr</a> entro mis navajas para este ultimo grabado. No la conoces? Entonces es seguro que no eres canadiense. Ni yo tampoco pero recientemente la conoci. Me encanta sus arboles y de una manera u otra su espiritu invadio esta pieza pequena para el intercambio de grabado de Baren (53).</b></i></div>
Diane Cutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847435040149730066noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24407256.post-14078721977496989512012-05-09T07:44:00.001-04:002012-05-09T07:44:46.457-04:00Miniature ~ Miniatura<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Another scratchboard piece... These teensy ones actually take more time than those three times their size.</b></div>
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<i><b>Otra pieza de 'scratchboard'... En realidad esas piezas chiquititas toman mas tiempo para dibujar que las tres veces ese tamano.</b></i></div>
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<b>The vejigante is super-Puerto Rican. The clown-like character is a favorite in the festivals, dancing among the crowd, making everyone clap and move to the music. </b><br />
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<i><b>Acabo de terminar este. Ya esta rociada con varniz y mi pregunta es debo enmarcarlo o usar uno de esos soportes negros que usen para platos decorativos... tu sabes del tipo de que hablo. Pienso que sera el soporte porque es tan pequeno.</b></i><br />
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<strong>'Tulips' ~ <em>'Tulipanes'</em></strong></div>
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<strong>Spring is around the corner and I'm having a nostalgic fit for a Northern blooming of tulips, something we don't get down here in the Caribbean, so I've had to make my own. I find the drama of scratchboard work a nice break from my woodcut relief printmaking but notice that I'm still working monochromatically. It must be in the genes.</strong></div>
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'Cactus Fruit' ~ <i>'Tunas del cacto'</i></div>
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<b>I've been distracted from my art because of family, travel, and the holidays but am now back. This pastel was a joy to do, especially since I'd been out of the studio these last two months. What attracts me to the unlovely cactus are the simple shapes and dramatic shadows. I also think that, even when I paint or use pastels, I think and plan like a black and white printmaker.</b><br />
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<i><b>He estado bien distraida a causa de asuntos de familia, mucho viajar, y las fiestas navidenas pero ya estoy de vuelta. Este pastel fue un placer hacer especialmente porque he estado fuera del estudio esos dos ultimos meses. Lo que me da la atencion con el cacto tan feo con sus tunas son los contornos sencillos y las sombras dramaticas. Tambien pienso que aun cuando pinto o uso pasteles pienso y planeo como si fuera un grabado en blanco y negro.</b></i><br />
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<i><b>El bloque en madera para el proyecto de las Ciudades esta mandado por correo (mas sobre esto luego) y los grabados para otra intercambio del Baren se estan secando y pronto estaran enviados (mas sobre esto luego tambien). Ahora tengo un bloque para el ano del dragon para disenar y tambien reempezar mis estudios diarios. </b></i></div>Diane Cutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847435040149730066noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24407256.post-46192390185056758692011-11-21T16:39:00.001-04:002011-11-21T16:50:20.457-04:00Day 6 and another pastel / Dia 6 y otro pastel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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'Anchorage 2' ~ <i>'Anclaje 2'</i></div>
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Fortunately I'm staying on track with my '100 days/100 postcard paintings. Here are days four and five.<br />
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'Rail to Cruces' / <i>'Carril a Cruces'</i>, pastel, 4"x6"/10cm x15cm</div>
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'Billy Boy Territory' / 'Territorio de Billy Boy', pastel, 4"x6"/10cm x 15 cm</div>
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The first is an area heading south between Albuquerque and Las Cruces and the second an area of dunes to the east of El Paso TX.<br />
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I'm part of a group of artists doing a project of 100 postcard sized paintings in 100 days and, to keep myself honest and on task, I've decided to post them here. I'm working in pastel because I love it and haven't done it in ages. Here are the first three:<br />
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'Last Light' ~ 'Ultimos rayos'</div>
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'First Light Snowfall' ~ 'Primera nevada ligera'</div>
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'Caribbean Anchorage' ~ 'Anclaje caribe'</div>
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‘Year of the Rabbit MMXI’ ~ 'Ano del conejo MMXI'</div>
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that… so this became a cuddly rabbit waiting to see if you would try to pick him up. I actually wanted to title it ‘Year of the Moll-haired Rabbit’ but realized I don’t know what a mohair looks like and I didn’t want insult Diana’s furry friends. </div>
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<i>Para el Ano del Conejo me inspiro muchisimo el <a href="http://theqipapers.blogspot.com/">blog de Diana Moll</a> con su coleccion de conejitos lindos. Como puede uno mejorar a este... entonces este es un conejo adorable, esperando a ver si lo recojas para acariciarlo. En realidad quise titularlo 'Year of the Moll-haired Rabbit' ... un juego de la palabra inglesa 'mohair' que no sale en castellano en ningun sentido ... y tambien como no tengo ningun idea como parece un conejo angora no quise insultar a esos amiguitos de Diana.</i><br />
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<i>Este es la primera vez en mucho tiempo en que hize una edicion exacta para el intercambio. Me gusta el idea de que son unicos limitados a solo mis amigos de Baren. Tambien me encanto el idea de que este bloque ya esta cancelado... me siento libre.</i><br />
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<b>An Unconventional Valentine / Un imagen no usual de San Valentin</b><br />
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'Full of Heart' ~ 'Lleno de corazon'</div>
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complex, more like the human heart is complex. This print is another of the
series (10 in all) linocuts based on abstract Zentangle designs I created last year,
finally coming to life. This print is part of a semi-annual Solstice
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<i><b>Siempre quise hacer un linocut para San Valentin pero hay tantos imagenes fabulosos y tradicionales por todos partes entonces tenia que hacer algo mas complicado, complicado como el corazon humano es complicado. Este impresion es otro de la serie (10 en total) basada en disenos abstratos tipo Zentangle que hize el ano pasado, al fin dandos sus frutos. Este es parte de un intercambio semi-anual del Solsticio entre grabadores internacionales.</b></i><br />
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'Inspired by Japan - Recovery' - <i>'Inspirado por el Japon - Recuperacion'</i></div>
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<b>A large number of Baren printmakers from around the world are involved in a fund raising for the victims of the recent Japanese earthquake and tsunami. The prints are available for purchase <a href="http://barenforum.org/japan/">here</a>. This is mine. In planning this
print I wanted it to be symbolic of hope for Japan rather than dwell on
the tragedy of the recent earthquake and tsunami. The black fan
symbolizes the honor of the Japanese people, the cranes stand for hope
and tranquility, and the cherry blossoms for the eternal beauty of nature. </b><br />
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<i><b>Varios artistas del grabado (del foro Baren) desde todo el mundo estan involucrados en un proyecto para acumular fondos para las victimas del terremoto y tsunami recien en el Japon. Los gradados resultantes estan de venta <a href="http://barenforum.org/japan/">aqui</a>. Este es el mio. En planear este grabado en linoleo quise un simbolo de la esperanza para Japon en vez de pensar en lo tragico del terremoto y tsunami de este ano. El abanico negro simboliza el honor del pueblo japones; las grullas, la esperanza y tranquiliada; y los flores del cerezo, la belleza eterna de la naturaleza. </b></i><br />
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Diane Cutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847435040149730066noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24407256.post-71227806222779150812011-07-22T11:46:00.000-04:002011-07-22T11:46:06.006-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>I've finished printing my contribution to the Baren Forum Exchange #49. They go in the mail today. I've been working with Zentangle images and this is the second of a series of ten. The guiro is a typical tropical musical instrument, made out of a gourd and incised with ridges. To make a rhythmic sound, the musician uses a stick and rubs along the side, making a loud rasping.</b></div>
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<i><b>Acabo de terminar mi contribucion al intercambio 49 del foro de Baren. Los metere in el correo hoy. He estado trabajando con imagenes tipo Zentangle y este es el segundo de un serie de diez. El guiro es un instrumento musical tipico en el Caribe. Se lo hace de una calabaza,inscribiendo en los lados. Para hacer el ritmo musical, tomen un palito duro raspando el guiro firmamente.</b></i></div>
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'Day Lily' ~ 8"x"10" ~ scratchboard drawing</div>
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<b>It dawns on me that it's been months since I've written here. I've been exploring a new art medium: scratchboard. It's another approach to drawing. Instead of pencil or pen I make marks on a board covered with black ink. It can be done on paper but I prefer the black boards made by Ampersand. Where I scratch with the knife I get white lines. More about this later. </b></div>
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<b>This day lily was done for the recent New Mexico Art League silent auction fund raiser. It is now in a private collection and I do hope the new owners enjoy it as much as I enjoyed creating it.</b></div>
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<i><b>Me di cuenta de que ha sido meses que no les escribo. Ando explorando un nuevo medio de arte que me fascina: el scratchboard. Es otra manera de dibujar. En vez de lapiz o pluma hago rasgos y rayas en una tabla cubierta de tinta negra. Se puede hacerlo con papel pero prefiero las tablas preparadas por Ampersand. Donde marco on una navaja salen lineas blancas. Mas sobre esto luego.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Este fue hecho para una subasta de la Liga de Arte de Nuevo Mejico. Ya reside en una coleccion privada y espero que los nuevos duenos esten tan contentos que yo en el hacerlo.</b></i></div>
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Diane Cutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847435040149730066noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24407256.post-84548084306884555622011-01-12T10:52:00.000-04:002011-01-12T10:52:33.613-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLeVwCUJNy6_JHotf0MP_yKyAKAaMXkHSGQfYGmL9VltyEeoXUIz4NK5G6e82vcFKbTxy-6tMNn9EVjBLORLc0c31K6K-6caX-tJtAAzbju4TwtMGR5BUyVkNj1ax8YNkHWSLs/s1600/Linocuts-Zentangle-process2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLeVwCUJNy6_JHotf0MP_yKyAKAaMXkHSGQfYGmL9VltyEeoXUIz4NK5G6e82vcFKbTxy-6tMNn9EVjBLORLc0c31K6K-6caX-tJtAAzbju4TwtMGR5BUyVkNj1ax8YNkHWSLs/s320/Linocuts-Zentangle-process2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<b>The 'Henry Ford' method is working for me. I have finished cutting another four linocuts and today I will proof them. Only five more to go.</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>El metodo de 'Henry Ford' me esta trabajando. He terminado de cortar unos cuatro mas linos y hoy saco las pruebas. Solo me quedan cinco mas.</b></i></span><br />
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.Diane Cutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847435040149730066noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24407256.post-29806850139485795042011-01-07T16:34:00.002-04:002011-01-07T17:58:10.076-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_NurqN7oC__GQ-GIyeVwWLi6qOeZgFJ15FRyIE8efg4Ho4_DxB7Kon3ly0sEoUntJJzlxNGQ90P_hnRaPdA-IntU24VjXeTq-VEjclwh824EHcUoqLFmPzUNEWc54TsAIGpP/s1600/Linocuts-Zentangle-process.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_NurqN7oC__GQ-GIyeVwWLi6qOeZgFJ15FRyIE8efg4Ho4_DxB7Kon3ly0sEoUntJJzlxNGQ90P_hnRaPdA-IntU24VjXeTq-VEjclwh824EHcUoqLFmPzUNEWc54TsAIGpP/s320/Linocuts-Zentangle-process.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>I'm taking a page out of Henry Ford's assembly line idea and working on a series of ten linocuts, all abstracts based on Zentangle sketches I did last fall. One is already done and the rest are in different stages of completion. The only way I would be able to finish all ten is to do all of them at once. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>I bought some mounted lino from <a href="http://www.imcclains.com/catalog/blocks/linocut.html">McClain's</a>, the kind that has black ink on the surface. Then I glued my patterns on the various blocks, let them dry, and began cutting. The first was the one for the Baren print exchange <a href="http://www.barenforum.org/exchange/exchange_46/exchange_frame.html">'Loco Motion'</a> .</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Estoy tomando una pagina de Henry Ford y su famoso 'assembly line' y estoy trabajando una serie de diez grabados en linoleo, todos abstratos basados en dibujos Zentangle que hice el otono pasado. Uno ya esta hecho. Los demas estan en diferentes etapas de ejecucion. La unica manera en que seria capaz de terminar los diez es hacer todos a la vez. </b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Compre algunos linos montado de <a href="http://www.imcclains.com/catalog/blocks/linocut.html">McClain's</a>, el tipo que lleva tinta negra en la superficie. Luego pegue mis patrones en los distintos bloques, los deje que se secaron, y empezo a cortar. El primero fue lo que hice para el intercambio de grabados de Baren, <a href="http://www.barenforum.org/exchange/exchange_46/exchange_frame.html">'Loco Motion'</a>.</b></i></span><br />
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<b>I cannot believe it's been six months since I last wrote in my blog so now it's time to remedy that. In the interim I've learned to do a mezzotint, did an abstract series of linocuts, a few woodcuts, a series of small watercolor abstract studies which will become larger pastel paintings, welcomed another grandchild, made a huge two month US road trip, attended two weddings, among other things ... So forgive me for not writing in my blog. </b><br />
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<b>I'll explain my chicken in a later blog... That will keep me on my toes regarding blogging. </b><br />
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<i><b>No puedo creer que ha sido seis meses desde escribi en mi blog... entonces ya es hora de remediarlo. En el interine aprendi a hacer mezzotinto, hice una serie de linocut (abstracto), unos pocos grabados en madera, una serie de acuarelas pequenas (estudios de abstracto) que seran pinturas en pastel grandes, di la bienvenida a otro nieto, hice un viaje por auto de dos meses por los EEUU, asisti a dos bodas, entre todo lo demas... entonces pido mil disculpas por no escribirles en mi blog.</b></i><br />
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<i><b>Explicare mi pollo en un blog futuro... Asi me compromenteria hacerlo.</b></i><br />
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<b>This poor whale's tail woodcut has been lost in the studio for several months. I'm back at it, after pulling this proof. I can see I need to clear out a lot of the water ripples in the distance ... making them small glints of light.</b><br />
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<i><b>Este pobre grabado en madera de cola de ballena ha sido perdido en mi taller durante varios mess. Ya estoy de vuelto a trabajarlo despues de tirar esta prueba. Veo que hace falta quitar mas del agua distante... haciendo pequenos destellos de luz..</b></i><br />
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</i>Diane Cutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847435040149730066noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24407256.post-7439760520741471072010-05-07T17:36:00.010-04:002010-05-07T18:06:19.970-04:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">Dear Readers...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I just found out that my little bi-lingual blog has been included on the Photography Colleges Blog in their <a href="http://www.photography-colleges.org/50-incredibly-inspiring-printmaking-blogs/">'50 Incredibly Interesting Printmaking Blogs'</a>... It's worth a look because there are many wonderfully talented printmakers/artists listed, a veritable feast for the eyes and intellect...</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Estimados Lectores...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Acabo de enterarme de que mi bloguito bilingual ha sido incluido en el Photography Colleges Blog en una <a href="http://www.photography-colleges.org/50-incredibly-inspiring-printmaking-blogs/">lista impresionante de 50 blogs interesantisimos de grabado</a>. Aunque este en ingles, vale la pena leerlo porque hay una agrupacion de talentosos artistas, una fiesta verdadera para los ojos y el intelecto.<br /><br /><br />.<br /></span>Diane Cutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17847435040149730066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24407256.post-20765216111472126292010-05-07T11:04:00.001-04:002010-05-07T13:16:24.310-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAvm3rO_dIOqvjilPXO7bZ2G7ZosRckbmzadUkB1En7jys1vkLWlhpkAF-BHWqqM9oqAaSpR9Ho4iPSUtaSD5JZOhkBqzVsGOWS-Nn589tNxPgClY5a3uc7IALVk56SOYPblg6/s1600/Woodcuts-Divers-WEB1-the-wo.jpg" imageanchor="1" linkindex="16" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAvm3rO_dIOqvjilPXO7bZ2G7ZosRckbmzadUkB1En7jys1vkLWlhpkAF-BHWqqM9oqAaSpR9Ho4iPSUtaSD5JZOhkBqzVsGOWS-Nn589tNxPgClY5a3uc7IALVk56SOYPblg6/s400/Woodcuts-Divers-WEB1-the-wo.jpg" width="273" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">'The Wonder of It All' ~<i> 'Lo maravilloso de todo'</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Reduction Woodcut ~ <i>Grabado en madera</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">6" x 4" ~ <i>15 cm x 10 cm</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ink/<i>Tinta</i>: Daniel Smith / Handschy </div><div style="text-align: center;">Paper/<i>Papel</i>: Arches 88</div><br />
<b>After years of being a scuba instructor, I'd never done anything with divers in it... so I took this opportunity with a Baren relief print exchange, the only rules being that it be a three color reducton relief print on paper sized 10"x7.5". I tried to express that moment when the new diver is overtaken by the wonder of the experience, now fearless, ready to let go of the instructor's hand. I apologize to responsible divers everywhere as the other two are not very good buddies, a little too far apart but it was necessary for the composition... </b><br />
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A reduction print is created from one piece of wood. Since I didn't want any white, the first color pass was not cut into at all. Then, for the violet, all the water area was cut away, the wood was inked and registered on top of the solid turquoise. For the last color, all divers, fish, and most of the reef were cut away, the wood was inked and registered on top of the previous two colors. </b><br />
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<b>We printmakers fondly use the term 'suicide print' for this method since it is so easy to cut too much or, much worse, start with a set edition number in mind and come out with only a few that are properly registered. Because I needed 31, I started with 51 and ended with 43 that I'm proud of... The others are in my 'circular file', better known as the waste basket.</b> <br />
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</style></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b>Una impresion reduccion es creada de un solo pedazo de madera. Como no deseaba tener nada blanco entonces el primer paso de color no llevaba ninguin corte. Luego para la violeta, todo el area de agua fue cortado, la madera fue entintada y registrada encima de la turquesa solida. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">Para el ultimo color, los buzos, los peces, y la mayor parte del arrecife fueron cortados, la madera fue entintada y registrada encima de los anteriores dos colores. </span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">Nosotros los que hacemos grabados </span></b></i><i><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">carinosamente </span></b></i><i><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">utilizamos la palabra 'suicidio' para este metodo porque es tan facil cortar demasiado o, peor,</span> comenzar con una edicion fija en la mente y salir con solo unas pocas que son registradas apropiadamente. Como me hacian falta 31, comence con 51 y termine con 43 que me enorgullecen... Los demas estan en mi archivo 'circular', mejor conocido como el basurero.</b></i></div><i><b><br />
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