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RaePress: October 2009
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Blog of works in progress and art adventures. Thursday, October 29, 2009. Cool Videos (for printy nerds like me). Found these and wanted to share. The first is a bookbinding video, including printing of the etching plates for the book pages and pulling of handmade paper for the covers. Lovely letterpress printing, on the bench sewing, case binding, . shivers! Saturday, October 24, 2009. Chain me to the press! I love this Takach. And using stencils to block out some areas to further vary each print. When ...
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RaePress: Body & Soul Exhibition at Bunker Hill Community College, Boston MA
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Blog of works in progress and art adventures. Thursday, January 28, 2010. Body and Soul Exhibition at Bunker Hill Community College, Boston MA. My work will be included in this awesome exhibition! Come to the opening on Thursday February 11, from 6 - 7pm. Sounds like a great exhibit. January 29, 2010 at 8:02 AM. Jennifer, thanks for the invitation. I am going to try to bring my entire clan to see this. We now live in Melrose so it is a few T stops away. February 5, 2010 at 9:42 AM. In Arlington, MA!
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woodblock dreams: Final Print: Earthquake
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Studio blog of Annie Bissett. An artist working with traditional Japanese woodblock printing (moku hanga). Watercolor woodblock print with stencils. 26 x 38 inches (97 x 67 cm) on Gekko washi. An earthquake is caused by means of wind that be enclosed within the caves of the earth and can find no passage to break forth. 8211; The New Book of Knowledge (1767). I've been using history in my work for quite a while now, but my fellowship at American Antiquarian Society. This is an absolute delight! I'm a Mass...
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woodblock dreams: July 2015
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Studio blog of Annie Bissett. An artist working with traditional Japanese woodblock printing (moku hanga). Watercolor woodblock print with stencils. 26 x 38 inches (97 x 67 cm) on Gekko washi. An earthquake is caused by means of wind that be enclosed within the caves of the earth and can find no passage to break forth. 8211; The New Book of Knowledge (1767). I've been using history in my work for quite a while now, but my fellowship at American Antiquarian Society. Links to this post. So I decided to mak...
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woodblock dreams: February 2015
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Studio blog of Annie Bissett. An artist working with traditional Japanese woodblock printing (moku hanga). A Real Fake: Final Image. Art has deep and difficult eyes and for many the gaze is too insistent. Final step: A removable veil to cover the image. A REAL FAKE: THIS IS NOT MUHAMMED. Watercolor woodblock print with gold mica, rubber stamp, and removable printed veil. 115" x 7.5" (29.2 x 19 cm) image on 18" x 12 (45.7 x 30.5 cm) shin hosho paper. Links to this post. Labels: A Real Fake. To the flame-h...
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woodblock dreams: November 2014
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Studio blog of Annie Bissett. An artist working with traditional Japanese woodblock printing (moku hanga). Artist's Talk in Washington DC: 11/28/14. If you're in the D.C. area over the Thanksgiving holiday, please join me for an artist's talk at Charles Krause Reporting Fine Art. On Friday evening, November 28, 2014, 5:30 to 7:00 pm. I'll be talking about my 26 " Secret Codewords of the NSA. Which are part of a group show there called "Lines Drawn.". Links to this post. Gay Liberation Front (1969-1970).
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woodblock dreams: October 2014
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Studio blog of Annie Bissett. An artist working with traditional Japanese woodblock printing (moku hanga). Daughters of Bilitis (1955-1968). ACCOMMODATE (Daughters of Bilitis). Image size: 12" x 18" (30.5 x 45.7 cm). Paper size: 14.5" x 20.5" (37 x 52.4 cm). This woodcut is part of a series of prints based on the shape of a triangle. Celebrating various organizations that helped move gay rights forward in the U.S. during the later 20th century. Folded for lack of funds. Links to this post. So after this ...
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woodblock dreams: Book Review: Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop by April Vollmer
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Studio blog of Annie Bissett. An artist working with traditional Japanese woodblock printing (moku hanga). Book Review: Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop by April Vollmer. Maintaining sensitivity to materials is the one essential key to using this technique successfully. Three years in the making, mokuhanga artist April Vollmer's new book, Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop. And The Art and Craft of Woodblock Printmaking. Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I'm a Massach...
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woodblock dreams: December 2014
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Studio blog of Annie Bissett. An artist working with traditional Japanese woodblock printing (moku hanga). Ty the Yellow Lab ponders where to put this box. Yesterday afternoon the pieces from my NSA series that didn't sell (and yes, a bunch of them sold! Came back to me from Charles Krause Reporting Gallery. Today, an interview with artist Mark Bradford. Check out the interview with Mark Bradford here. Links to this post. White line woodcut and toner transfer. At least for the time being, that's the full...
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woodblock dreams: Progress On Earthquake Print
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Studio blog of Annie Bissett. An artist working with traditional Japanese woodblock printing (moku hanga). Progress On Earthquake Print. Since my last post about this print, I've added a few layers and elements. These petroglyphs were stenciled onto the paper using a hand cut stencil with titanium buff pigment. Then I felt that the background still needed work, so I added more brown pigment — a bokashi at the bottom and some modeling of the "hills.". Now I'm ready to add some new elements. In Utah, USA.