Print SALE!!

Hello everyone! In order to make some room around the house and to help fund my wedding, I’m hosting a print sale which will last through July or until all of my work is gone. The following images are framed and are currently available for $225

linocut on kitikata

linocut on kitikata

linocut on kitikata

linocut on kitikata

linocut on kitikata

These framed prints are now on sale for $150

linocut on kitikata

linocut on kitikata

Lastly, my clementine prints are on sale for $100 each and they are unframed color screen-prints on white Rives paper.

If you are interested in purchasing some of my work or if you have any questions please contact me at: mizelissa@yahoo.com Thank you!!

*the prices above do not include shipping. Shipping costs will vary depending on destination and size of work etc.

**You can pay me via paypal

General Update

Hello all! I know it’s been a long time since I last updated this blog.  Life has been very busy and unfortunately, my printmaking has fallen to the wayside, however you may still purchase my artwork via paypal. If you see anything that you’re interested in, please send me an email at mizelissa@yahoo.com and I will be happy to let you know more about the piece, cost, shipping etc.

Box of Rain

I’ve been terribly remiss in not sharing this latest bit of news: My work can now be found on the walls at Box of Rain Boutique located at 1007 W. 36th St in Hampden. All of it is for sale as well! Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Fundraiser for Crystal

My friend’s little sister, Crystal, was recently diagnosed with a tumor in her brain stem.  The family does have health insurance, however, it’s not enough to cover the costs of her medical treatments.  Therefore, I and a number of other local artists are donating work to help raise funds to save Crystal’s life. To buy your ticket for the fundraiser and for more information click here

This is the print that I’m donating:

linocut on kitikata

Prints in Print!

“Oh My Darlin’ I” makes an appearance in The Urbanite! To see more about this image and the others in this series, click here.

MAP: Out of Order

Today I am going to Maryland Art Place (MAP) to hang this drawing in “Out of Order” http://www.mdartplace.org/

drawing with wooden skewers and ink on found paper

Nude Girls!

These are a series of prints I did from images of late 19th-early 20th century erotica.  They are all linocuts (a method of relief printing) on kitikata (a type of Japanese rice paper which lends itself well to relief printing).  I love the marriage of the graphic nature of the images to the graphic quality of this particular printing medium.

linocut on kitikata

linocut on kitikata

linocut on kitikata

linocut on kitikata

linocut on kitikata

linocut on kitikata

linocut on kitikata

linocut on kitikata

linocut on kitikata

linocut on kitikata

A Loving Embrace

Let’s talk a little bit more about process. These next few proofs/prints show part of the process of an intaglio print. Again, these are etchings and used hard-ground and aquatint to make the image. I wound up printing them on colored paper. I think you can see through the progression of images here how I came to the final result. I do like to draw on my proofs; it makes me feel less precious about the work and helps me to get ideas of how I want my final image to look.

silkworm spinning a cocoon

One of the many things I love about printmaking is the ability to make one image look an infinite numbers of ways. This is an etching on a found plate with hard ground and aquatint. These three prints were done using viscosity printing techniques. The first color was carded on and wiped with the tarleton rag like a regular intaglio plate. The second color, instead of being on a second plate, is rolled on with a hard roller and ink that is more viscous than the ink used for the first color.

This print is the same plate but instead of using the viscosity method, I used chine-collé to make the second color. Chine-collé is when an image is printed on a piece of paper that is glued to another piece of paper. So here the image is printed on a colored piece of paper which is glued to a piece of white Rives BFK with wheat paste.

Clementines

These are titled, Oh, My Darlin’ I, II and III respectively.  They are color screenprints I finished printing in November 2009.  I made the stencils for each color using drawing fluid and screen-filler.  Screen-printing in particular is about form and color and creating an image from the marriage of these elements.  These images were in part inspired by the subtle sensuality found in Edward Weston’s “Natural Studies” and partly because I happened to have a bunch of clementines in my kitchen at just the right moment.