I'm excited and honored to be invited to participate in a print project organized jointly by Karlyn Benson of Matteawan Gallery and Jeff White of totemic 17.
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| The t17 woodblocks. |
With totemic 17 Jeff has devised a strategy of creating discreet print portfolios that follow a very specific format which carries forth as the constant from project to project. The portfolio consists of 17 prints which conform to the prescribed sizes and shapes that together constitute the body of the conceptual totem.
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| An example from the tug 17 portfolio. |
The first t17 portfolio centered on a theme of the tugboat as subject and was created as a community based effort. This current project, with the working title, UV portfolio (for Unique Variant), looks to the interface of abstraction and natural forms as a thematic conceit. Another aspect of this project is experimenting with the process of reductive wood block printing.
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| One of Jeff's own prints from the tug 17 portfolio. |
Over the course of several weekends, the participating artists will be using the printmaking studio at the Garrison Art Center to create our reductive woodblock prints.
When we first moved to Beacon ten years ago, I entertained fleeting thoughts of using pursuing some printmaking at the Garrison facility. I'm grateful that this project is finally giving legs to those thoughts.
Within the parameters Jeff has laid out for the form of the project, there is much room for experimentation in the pursuit of this effort. In fact I believe most of the artists participating have little experience in working in this form of printmaking, so it will be interesting to see what everyone comes up with. The fruits of this labor will occupy Matteawan Gallery for the months of November and December.
Beside myself, the participating artists are:
Lorrie Fredette
Jen Bradford
Matthew S. Kinney
Susan English
Karlos Carcamo
Joseph Ayers
Kim Loewe
Leslie Kerby
Ryan Magyar
Thomas Huber
Kathy Moss
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