Last week I went to the SGC Conference, hosted by Columbia College in Chicago. A very good conference! Over 1600 attendees, great demos and fabulous panels.
One panel that stuck out most for me was titled Printmaking with Extreme Technology. Woah. 3-d printers, laser cutters, computer programmed woodcuts, etchings on microchips...I especially was intrigued by Mike Lyon's digital drawing machine. Traditionally, not a "print." But consider the definition of a print. Using a press is not required. Using a matrix is not necessarily required. But here is a process that DOES use a matrix: the computer program and the machine itself as repeatable, being able to reproduce and edition a drawing countless times over. So... isn't that a print? Kinda?
The exhibition Monumental Ideas in Miniature Books was another highlight for me. I am so attracted to artist books and always looking for inspiration. Some were simple, many incorporated unusual and interesting materals. The only downside was that we couldn't touch the books. Many of them begged to be opened, but also many were rather fragile or more sculptural than page-turning.
Working artist, teacher and mother. Mostly I blog about works in progress, teaching, art adventures and introducing visual arts and music to my toddler Jackson. RaePress is the professional press name for my creative projects, after my mother's middle name.
Happy to announce that a selection of my new series of prints can be found at 13Forest Gallery in Arlington, MA!
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Upcoming Exhibitions Winter/Spring 2010
Body and Soul
Bunker Hill Community College Art Gallery, Boston MA
February 1 - 27
Artist Reception, February 11, 6 - 7pm
Grub Street, Boston MA (March 2010)
Black Arts Festival, Harvard University, Cambridge MA (March 2010)
Groton Public Library, Groton MA (May 2010)
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
Winter/Spring 2010
Eliot School, Jamaica Plain, MA Piano Hinge Books Sunday, February 28, 1 - 4pm Flag & Tunnel Books Sunday, March 21, 1 - 4pm Asian Stab Bindings Sunday, April 18, 1 - 4pm Reclaimed Books Sunday, May 16, 1 - 4pm