• Edition: 15 plus proofs
• Medium: Polymer Photogravure
• Image Size: 4 x 4″
• Paper: Hahnemühle Copperplate Etching Bright White paper
• Signed and numbered on recto
• Free domestic shipping
• $140 (payment plan options available)
I’ll be teaching a polymer photogravure workshop at MCAD this summer; the first in over two years!
The last workshop was only a couple of weeks in when the world came crashing down and the workshop cancelled. But, I’ve been asked to teach it once more this summer and I’m so happy to do so. This class is always such fun and I have some great ideas for this one.
June 15th – July 20th, 2022 (6 weeks)
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
More information on MCAD’s website.
Registration opens on Monday, May 2nd.
Note:
Unlike previous classes this class will have limited access to the Printshop outside of class. Students will have open studio work time ONLY on Saturdays from 12.00 – 5.00 pm and Mondays from 3.00 – 8.00 pm for the duration of the class. Students will not have access to the Printshop outside of these hours.
Delphi, Greece
There are a couple of shows that I’m included in opening soon. The first is in Verona, Italy, as part of the Grenze Arsenali Fotografici festival. Three prints of mine from Otherworld, printed on vintage silver-gelatin paper, are included in the Obsolete and Discontinued exhibition that’s been travelling around Europe in Spain, Germany, Italy and the UK. More information on the project can be found here and the book is available here.
The second is of a small polymer photogravure that was requested for inclusion in a show in Bodenburg, Germany, at the Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth (Bad Salzdetfurth Art Association). This is most likely the only time I’ll be showing my work alongside many of the greats, including Louise Bourgeois, Marc Chagall and Jenny Holzer, and so I’m really grateful to Hans-Werner Kalkmann for this opportunity.
“After the first four international group exhibitions in the cycle “Artistic Techniques”, in which we showed drawings, paintings, woodcuts and serigraphs, we turn to the technique of etching with this exhibition. Their broad design spectrum ranges from drypoint etching to etching on a photographic basis. We are pleased that we can show an extensive collection of contemporary works of international importance in our overview.”
— Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth website
One of the bigger developments of this process over the past few years has been the direct-to-plate method. This involves printing the image directly on a plate using the front manual feed of the printer. The microscopic dots from the printer’s stochastic pattern acting like, and replacing the need for, an aquatint screen. After a brief exposure to UV light (without any screen, film or contact frame) the ink is washed off and the plate processed as normal. After this it’s the same as usual – ink, wipe and pull a print. Not having a screen and film positive eliminates a lot of the obstacles that many fall foul of; dust and insufficient contact being the two main culprits.
I offered this optional way of working to a workshop many years ago but it was still a fairly new method then, and although most of the participants got really good results, a few images, especially those that had a lot of detail in the lighter tones, were lacking. So I’ve been working on getting the adjustment curve perfected and I think I’m there. The next MCAD workshop starts this week and I think it’s going to be a whole lot of fun!
The Badlands, SD — Direct to Plate polymer photogravure (apologies for the low quality iPhone photo)
It’s Memorial Day in the United States and the unofficial start to summer, so how better to celebrate than with a special print offer! It’s been raining and quite wet in Minnesota lately so the image is fitting.
Rain Storm and Church, Wisconsin has been hand-printed in an edition of just 10 prints on Rives BFK paper in beautiful Charbonnel ink. (Since starting to write this newsletter 2 have already been sold, so we’re down to just 8 now.)
Prints will be well packed and shipped USPS Priority Mail, so most buyers will receive their prints within 3 days. Once again, thanks for your support and interest in my work, it’s truly appreciated. Have a great summer!
Title: Rain Storm and Church, Wisconsin
Printed: May 2019
Medium: Polymergravure
Paper: Rives BFK
Dimensions: 10 x 5.5″ image on 11 x 14” paper
Signature: Signed, numbered and dated
Edition Size: 10 numbered prints plus 2 proofs
Polymergravure is a contemporary alternative to the traditional copperplate gravure process and one I’ve been working with for 20 years now. More details about the process can be found on here.