Print Day in May......

 

.....plus a few prints created in the past few weeks.  All are monoprints or monotypes made with oil paint on Bristol.  

Large scale monotype explorations..................

 .....on 18x 24 watercolor paper using Golden Open acrylic paint on a 16x20 gel plate.

Oil paint monotypes.......

 on Bristol paper.  Created using the Dan Tirels' style of applying paint to a plastic sheet and flipping it over onto the paper.  I am addicted to this style of monotyping (or monoprinting depending on the process).

Wheel throwing.............

 

........garden totems bits and bobs.

Freshly Rakued Crow-Kin.........

 .....still hot from the reduction chambers.   The next step is a good scrubbing with scouring powder once they've cooled. 

Raku Firing.................

My Trusty Assistant and Official Observer: Calligraphy Jones

 

Big Monotype Tests.................

 ....18 x 24 Canson watercolor paper with Speedball Block printing ink.   Using a 16x20 gel plate and trying to determine the amount of ink required for these.   It's quite different from using a smaller plate.