White-Line woodblock prints II

Needing a block of wood to begin cutting the next in the 40 Day and 40 Night series,
I took a break and printed these:(coffee)

(Crooner)

First white-line woodblock prints

Complications prevented me from taking the printing workshop with Paul Yank in Cedarburg,
so now's time to give white-line woodblock printing another go.

6"x11", cut into Shina Plywood, printed on Kizuki Hanga (left), Nishinouchi (right), with watercolors.

4.5"x7" the Patron Saint of Shrews

LEFT: Print #1, on Kizuki Hanga (sold) RIGHT: Print #2, on Gampi (showing at WomanMadeGallery, July 9-August 26, 2010)

This is the one I just completed. I have to photograph the print, scanning just isn't working.

At least you can see where it's going.

Electric Company, print #1....Printed on Kizuki Hanga paper.

SOUP is about the same size as the Patron SaintThis is print #1.

This is MeMe...2.25"x7" image on Gampi small experiment...needed to try something.7.5"x8.5" ..... Bird Dog...print#1

Woodblock proof, work in progress

I am finally doing the last bit of cutting on this block.
I've cut more since this proof..................
I need to print again to see where I'm at.

The idea of having to clean up after proofing was too much for me yesterday...
so I slapped on the snow shoes and took off for the afternoon.

Burger Guy-Somersault test

I'll probably eventually post this over at LindaKelen-Freelance...
I just got started here.
The computer and connection is SO slow, I didn't want to get involved in moving it now...
that will happen later...
so for all you art fans who never knew I freelanced...
now you know.

I've got to give big credit to Peter of Blogger Tips and Tricks

where I found the instructions for posting a gif animation.

This BurgerGuy is one of my "crew" who I allowed to freelance for the Weber-Stephen Product company...you know, Weber Grill?
I used to do the drawings for their Grill Out Times Newsletters for years..
point of purchase ads, product drawings...and even watercolors for their restaurant....
which I've got scans of somewhere...
AND instructions on Grill Cleaning...staring the BurgerGuy.
One day Weber decided to change direction and moved into high-tech/internet/digital photography...
but, they are happy..
and I am busy...
I definately miss it though...it was so much fun.

I use Gif Construction Set.

Direct Link is:
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz167/lindakelen-artings/gif%20animation/Burger-weber-kelen.gif

Milwaukee

I'm visiting friends in Milwaukee...
met Deborah Kern, owner of the Garden Room + Anaba Tea Room...
in Shorewood Wisconsin....
where I will be having a show of my artings in September of this year....(more about that later)....

I also met with Paul Yank
with whom I may be studying/working/learning about one whopper printing press this spring....
I've never seen a press this large in an artist studio...
ever................................(more about THIS later)......

I'm ALSO learning how to deal with a MacIntosh computer...
on a VERY snappy connection....
which makes me feel like I've temporarily left my cave....
I've updated...
FAST...OH, so fast...
my Freelance blog's posting
about the coffee labels I've drawn up for Convivio Coffee...
sold at a fine little shop in Spring Green Wisconsin.

Collagraphy

I've been working on spoons for so long and so intensely..
I needed something different..
I'm working on aluminum plates.
I miss drawing...and am doing something about it.

<-that's my press.

Since I don't have a gallery where my artings can usually be found,
I've started an Etsy Shop....LindaKelenArtings...
so, little by little there will be more and more to see there also.

Pastoral

sI've always liked this one.

New Year's Eve in the Driftless Area

In hidden gathering places of the Driftless Area...
within the hour between the Old and New Years...
unusually powerful energies can be seen without their facades.

the Religionator, Edition Variation 3, giclee 7/35

Archivally varnished, Giclee of hand colored collagraph print...

"Religionator in the Garden, Edition Variation #3"

with golden edges ...

words are hand printed on the back....

"7th in an edition of 35" written in pencil.

2.5" x 3.5"

Metro Elves...Santa's Helpers...a Holiday reposting.

One year I painted an "Elves Shop Here" sign for the local gallery/art supply shop
MetropolitanArt, which, sadly, no longer is.
The TownPeople were not believers and challenged such a statement....
so, I took pictures.
These are my "photographs" of the actual Elves that annually came from the North
to use the gallery as their workshop.
No one said another word.

"Jeb is pleased to see Elves use white gloves...leaving no finger prints on paper."

"These elves lost their shopping list...."

"Elves love cookies."

"Mega, (studio dog)........................................is a handy mode of transportation."

"Some Elves are too short."

"After a successful shopping spree...
Elves carry the last of their supplies out to the sleigh....(parked around the corner)."

Sardine Tin #16

It's smaller than the others..

I forgot to measure it...

but, will post it's size next time I come back from the studio.

After the Fall Art Tour

A slow computer on a dial-up/land-line connection
has been preventing more regular posts...
but, here's a quick update:
Victoria Lansford is including my spoon efforts in her new DVD about Eastern Repousse...
I'll announce when it's available.
Mary Machare wrote a wonderful piece about her visit to my studio during the Fall Art Tour...
If you missed the Fall Art Tour................
you can still "wander" through my studio...

I did finally make a proof of the woodblock in progress....

and will be posting it soon...

along with the wood prints done so far

in Booger's 40 day and 40 Night disappearance...

and I'm ever so slowly opening up an ETSY account....

SardineTins #13, #14, #15

Sardine Tin #13...6" high x 5"wide

Sardine Tin #14....4.75"high x 5" wide

Sardine Tin #15...7"long x 5" high

Art for Documentary

This is my latest project:

For Dave Erickson's documentary about the Lower Wisconsin River
the Paddlefish is one of the features...
the event and documentary for which this is being done is called
Rhythm of the River...
right now, my concern is this fish.............................................................................................................

"Dave Erickson...
award winning filmmaker...
starting with his first...Raising Crane,
which he made at the International
Crane Foundation
has won several national awards...
(you've probably seen it.. it's about the saving of the Sandhill Cranes...
it's a very cool...very wonderful film)
Dave has produced 40-50 films since...
Many of his films are funded by the Wisconsin Arts Board and the Wisconsin Humanities Council.
"He's excited about he $10,000 Humanities grant he's received for his current river project.

"It's my seed money."
He's trying to raise $30,000 more from corporations, businesses and private donations.
The Humanities Grant is from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
He's partnering with Wisconsin Public TV.
His films are picked up for airing all over the United States on public TV networks. "

Paoli Artisan Gallery Art Show

These were my auction offerings....
Sardine Tins #14, #11, and #10...
they have been sold.


SardineTin#14...sardine tin, copper, hand forged copper

SardineTin#11...(the Fishermen and the Serra), sardine tin, copper, leather, a little paint.

SardineTin #10....sardine tin, copper, aluminum

a Juried show,
"Featuring Art made with Found Objects, Construction Materials, or otherwise Re-Used Things"....

This is a month long silent auction...
bidding will happen throughout the month in the gallery, or on line...
at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore Website.