Showing posts with label Central America. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Central America. Show all posts
Friday, July 22, 2011
' Guiro Tropical'
Linocut ~ Image Size/Tamano: 6"x4"/12cm x 10cm
Edition/Edicion: 75
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.
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.
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Friday, April 04, 2008
This print was made for a Wet Canvas printmaking exchange. The theme was the Chinese New Year. Being somewhat tired of the more traditional animals, I decided to make a print with a 'southwestern' flavor. Unfortunately, I was unable to find anything in the American Southwest that would work for 'monkey' so borrowed the Central American spider monkey. So the animals are: field mouse (rat), roadrunner (rooster), coyote (dog) javelina (pig), lizard (dragon), rattlesnake (snake), mustang (horse), bighorn sheep (sheep), spider monkey (monkey), longhorn bull (ox) puma (tiger), and jackrabbit (hare).
Available here.
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Este grabado fue hecho para un intercambio de grabados en Wet Canvas. El tema era el Ano Nuevo Chino. Un poco cansada de los animales mas tradicionales, decidi hacer mi grabado con sabor del sudoeste. Desgraciadamente no podia encontrar nada adecuado para 'mono' ... por eso use el mono arana centroamericano. Entonces los animales son: raton (rata), correcamino (gallo), coyote (perro), javelina (jabali), legarto (dragon), serpiente de cascabel (culebra), mustango (caballo), carnero (carnero), mono arana (mono), ganado longhorn (buey), puma (tigre), y liebre grande norteamericano (conejo).
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Monday, May 14, 2007




Progress continues on the crab reduction woodcut. I’ve added a dinitro orange and then a fine detail of quinacridone magenta, both Akua-Kolor. (I love all the quinacridones, especially the gold.) I have to check to see how many actually survived the final fourth color. I think I have 15 acceptable prints.
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Hay mas progreso en el grabado de madera del cangrejo. Anadi una naranja dinitro y luego unos detalles de quinacridone magenta, ambos Akua-Kolor. (Me encantan todos los quinacridones, especialmente el oro o dicho ‘gold’.) Tengo que averiguar cuantos han sobrevivido el cuarto y final color. Creo que tenga 15 impresiones buenas.
Hay mas progreso en el grabado de madera del cangrejo. Anadi una naranja dinitro y luego unos detalles de quinacridone magenta, ambos Akua-Kolor. (Me encantan todos los quinacridones, especialmente el oro o dicho ‘gold’.) Tengo que averiguar cuantos han sobrevivido el cuarto y final color. Creo que tenga 15 impresiones buenas.
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Central America,
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grabado,
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007


It's been a few days... I just finished two more Mayan themed pieces, one in lino and one in all-shina. I love how I am able to make a more delicate piece of work in the wood. I can sense my 'woody' friends at Baren rejoicing at my conversion.
(Top) 'Dignitary', linocut, 7"x11", burnt umber oil-based ink on rice paper, and (bottom) 'Chiapas Woman', woodcut, 7"x6", also burnt umber oil-based ink on rice paper.
Available here.
(Top) 'Dignitary', linocut, 7"x11", burnt umber oil-based ink on rice paper, and (bottom) 'Chiapas Woman', woodcut, 7"x6", also burnt umber oil-based ink on rice paper.
Available here.
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Ha sido unos dias... Acabo de terminar dos piezas mas del tema Maya, una en linoleo y otra en madera all-shina ply. Me encanta como es posible hacer una pieza mas delicada en la madera. Casi puedo oir a mis amigos 'maderistos' diciendo las aleluyas a causa de mi conversion.
(Arriba) 'Dignitario', linoleo, 18cmx28cm, tinta moreno oscuro (oleo) en papel de arroz, y (abajo) 'Mujer de Chiapas', 18cmx15cm, tambien tinta moreno oscuro (oleo) en papel de arroz.
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Caribbean,
Central America,
grabado,
Indian,
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woodcut
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
'Feathered Warrior', linocut, black oil-based ink on masa paper, image size 9"x7"As an artist/printmaker there are times when I do my own art and there are times when I interpret the art of others. From my years of living and travelling in Central America I have felt a deep and almost spiritual connection to Mayan art. There is no need to improve upon it because it is already magnificent...
Available here.
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'Guerrero Emplumado' ('Feathered Warrior'), linocut, hecho cono tinta negro (oleo) en papel masa, 23cmx18cm.
Como artist/grabadora hay ocasiones en cuando hago mi propia arte y hay las en cuando soy intreprete del arte del ajeno. De mis anos viviendo y viajando por Centro America tengo un afan casi espiritual para el arte Maya. No hay necesidad to mejorarlo porque ya esta magnifico...
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