Sometimes Monday Means Wednesday

Of course as soon as I set a schedule for myself, I do something silly, like leave my camera at home two days in a row!

But I'm not completely helpless. So here goes a photo litho (I think that's the official arty name for the process I've been using the last couple weeks) photo dump! A selection of prints in chronological order:

Photo litho test #1- Victorian death portrait...it was pretty clear to me from this first one that careful inking is key to this method.

 

Photo litho test #2 - Victorian death portrait

Victorian family portrait w/ dead child - This was the first time I pull multiples. As I suspected, like monotypes, each print got lighter. I love the effect.

My daughter, Rhiannon, at 2 years old (she's now 4.5)

My son, Dylan, at about 12-18 months (he's now 7.5)

Fairly recent picture of me...I took it a month or so ago to show off my new nose ring.

Photocopied from my sketchbook, from an open figure drawing session.

 This print method has been so eye opening, I'm hesitant to leave it already. But, I'm not really leaving it, since it's making quite an appearance in my BFA show and I've been given permission from my photo professor to print my images like this for Digital Photography.

Next up for me is traditional stone lithography. There's a stone I started doodling on last semester; I think I'm first going to finish that drawing to work through the stone etching process. From there, this weekend will likely be spent largely on figuring out the specifics of the books I want to produce for my semester's work.