July 30, 2004
Printmaking in 2004
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
"the last months of summer months are upon us folks, and sweat is pouring down our brows in grand rapids, michigan. the sweat upon a brow lightly browned by outdoors virginia, plain virginia. that's right, ladies and gentlemen, virginia's beach, virginia'a printmaking, ferric chloride, the sun."
upon my arrival back home in grand rapids, it's been nothing but printmaking inspired thoughts and activities: continued renovation of the calvin printmakers group facilities, moving a press to the heartland, making a stamp for our postcard, and just today preparing a budget for a proposed collaboration with integrated architecture and herman miller. i have also been acting as if i have been bitten by the printmaking mosquito, "sweatin' side by side."
why am i telling you this, you might ask? why am i talking about printmaking in 2004? well, i'm excited about the whole thing, making prints, working toward an ordinary aura textbook with possible editioned components, stamping 1000 postcards, renovating a shop. i am reminded that printmaking is a social activity, i am reminded about the aura of a multiple, i am reminded about chemistry and plates and naptha and newspaper. also, the blog has been so very quiet these days. my friends, in 5 weeks we will all be in grand rapids. what's to come? any thoughts about implementing projects in the fall semester to be part of OA? more thinking about our saturday session? dietary restrictions?
Posted by adam at July 30, 2004 01:54 PMhear, hear !
Posted by: justin at August 20, 2004 04:30 PMa lovely visit from justin quinn gold medalist in print olympics
Posted by: adam at August 25, 2004 10:30 AM