With the nice weather in full swing and the arrival of the weekend, I was able to start and finish my edition of prints for the Oregon Ink Spot 2010 print exchange. The print I made is based on a drawing I did for the MAFAC Exhibit I had at the beginning of the year, yet added in some background decoration and depth. I really like the way it turned out but it’s not 100% perfect. As to be expected with the first print of the year I suppose, have to brush the dust off from the long winter season.

I tried my best to document the process so without further adieu , here are some pictures:

Printed film positive for exposure

Exposed frame ready for printing, the yellow parts are what will be printed

The 3 ink colors I mixed to match my color mockup

Two colors down, waiting to dry for the third and final color

Final color flood stroke, almost complete!

Drying the final prints. I think a total of 20 were made, 3 were duds.

Candlebeams - Edition of 15 - 2010

Finally, one of the songs from the day’s soundtrack:

Like I said, I’m very happy with how they all turned out, and how quickly I was able to print them with very little errors. If I were to do it again, I would thicken up the outline (dark blue) so that more of the fine lines would have printed better. On the screen they looked great but when printed, the ink just didn’t want to squeeze through.

Several things helped me out a ton with this print session: pressure washer, packing tape, mixing knives, and grilling. I look forward to printing a lot more this season. Also, can’t wait to see the prints I get back from this years print exchange.