2 new prints

Lattice:

Conjunction:

Quick video of printing an etching

plate before etching

I have 3 plates almost ready to etch and print within the next couple of days.

Prints from Pickwick

I've been gradually working on several copper and zinc plates at home and at Pickwick Independent Press, and now I have several proofs to show. I'm always so excited to start new plates that I haven't printed an edition for any of these. These images are also on my website, clintfulkerson.com.

Drypoint, 7" x 4.5":

Same as above, reworked and reprinted:
Mezzotint, 7" x 4.5":
Etching with graphite colored ink, 12" x 9":
Etching, 8" x 6":
Etching, 9" x 12":

copper plates for printing

Here is the progress so far on my first mezzotint plate:

I had to prop the plate on the scanner using the pen so that the reflected light would show the contrast between the all-over texture from the mezzotint rocker in the background (which will print black) and the parts I scraped away for my image. This needs lots of work before I pull a proof. After I print it a few times, I plan on cutting the main cellular form out with a jeweler's saw and printing it that way, perhaps with a few other shapes. I like the idea that each print in a series can have the same forms and remain unique. We'll see.

Here is a detail scan of a drypoint plate I'm working on simultaneously:
I'm really eager to get these plates done so I can get into Pickwick and print my brains out.