Look at all those beautiful burrs!

Salt City Dozen 2012 final print!

"Both Sides of the Brain" mezzotint exchange

I've organized an international mezzotint exchange which hosts 17 artist from 6 different countries.  Here is the beginning stages of my print...

Inked plate ready to print...

Salt City Dozen redemption...

So after working the last plate for about 75 hours and getting terrible results...i bit the bullet and started over...
This plate took about 50 hours just to complete the drawing.

First proof...

second proof

Salt City Dozen catastrophe....

I spent about 75 hours working on this plate.
Somewhere along the way I did something wrong...
The prints came out terrible...

So i had to start over...

Bigger rocker means bigger plates means bigger prints

18 x 24

Faces!

Inked plate ready to print...

Proof...

Proof

"No Wind, No Waves" comes to an EPIC end.

"Every Dog"

Mezzotint, Lithography, Silk screen

11 x 15

"Different Day"

Mezzotint, Lithography, Silk screen

11 x 15

"What Doesn't Kill Us"

Mezzotint, Lithography, Silk screen

11 x 15

"Better, Stronger, Faster"

Mezzotint, Lithography, Silk screen

11 x 15

"Old Dog"

Mezzotint, Lithography, Silk screen

11 x 15

"Days Like This"

Mezzotint, Lithography, Silk screen

11 x 15

Puttin' in work...

Ok...Back to the series..

Here are the first proofs of the final plates in the "No Wind, No Waves" series.

Wait...is that....Nooooo.....YUP!

Mike Barnes pullin' screen prints...his favorite thing ever!

Altered States cont'd...

Altered States...

"Altered States 1&2"

Mezzotint and Silk screen

4.5 x 6

In the mean time...

While my IMS plate was being steel faced I wanted to work on something small and quick...

International Mezzotint Society exchange print COMPLETED!!!

Mezzotint, Lithography and Silk screen

9 x 12

Title: "Some Things You Can't Unlearn"