A few nice photo prints images I found:
My first art purchase
Image by The Man in Blue
A print of kozyndan's "Uprising", which is a remix of Katsushika Hokusai's famous "In the Hollow of a Wave off the Coast at Kanagawa".
View the larger size if you'd like to see the bunnies.
Collagraph Plate #2
Image by PATRICK BOEHNER
This Collagraph print, or Carborundum print, was original part of a larger collagraph image. The plate is made form chipboard, gel medium, tissue paper, carborundum, and white glue. The Carborendum (an abrasive powder, used in sandblasting) is glued down in values of black (the lighter shades of gray don't show up well in the photo), glue is painted over areas for lighter shades, and sealed with polymer gloss med, and inked intaglio.
I was originally unsure if it would work so I had abandoned the plate and changed the design for the larger collagraph (which I will post later). I finally got a chance to print it on its own and found I was really happy with the results. I have made five 22”x11” of these prints (I may do more), and plan on altering and adding to each print with various mediums. Each will be a different play on the original theme of displacement and Diaspora, at least that’s the idea.
I’m just happy it worked out.
Untitled Baby #1, 2007
Collagraph, 22x11 in.
Amos Kennedy (redacted)
Image by On Being
Not all projects turn out as planned for the Rural Studio and its clients. A resident of Akron, Alabama had offered to donate private land as the location for a Boys & Girls Club. Using the brick shell of a former grocery store that stood there, students designed and built a fantastic structure with a vaulted shed roof and an open floor plan.
I had seen all the lovely images by Timothy Hursley of kids and community hanging out in preparation for recreation. Seven years later, I learned that legal squabbles between the town and the owner resulted in an impasse. The structure has yet to be used for its intended purpose, but it currently claims a space for one artist who hand-sets print for posters and books.
You could say that Amos Kennedy is part of this sustainability and recycling movement going on. He moves to rural Alabama, makes use of a building, and salvages old Heidelberg presses for commercial and personal enterprises. His is an ethic of recycling — not for the sake of landfills but for the sake of culture and authenticity and a link to the past.For the sake of sensitivity of others, I redacted the first word of a poster behind Amos' head (see unedited version).
Trent Gilliss, Online Editor
(Photo: Trent Gilliss)
