Future Blue Prints
These particular works are from a series of relief monoprints made from small laser cut blocks which can be rearranged infinitely. These pieces utilize a cast of characters that have populated my work for several years, a mix of high and low culture, from trophies to soda cups, plants to broken boards, road cones to priceless vases. As individuals they contain some sense of time and human history, and as a group they become a set of impossible blueprints designed by some future architect looking to rebuild a culture lost to time. Titled after different areas and housing developments throughout Jacksonville, these pieces, as much as they reflect a careless attitude about the landscape focus on a narrative of how our objects define our culture and our time. The shaky architecture creates a fleeting stability in each piece, embedding it with a sense of humor that is ideally equal parts anxiety, dread, loss and hope.
Each print is is a unique impression made by pressure printing small chipboard pieces on an etching press. Each print is 35"x25" and printed on Thai Kozo paper. This series started in 2015 and was continued in 2018.
Each print is is a unique impression made by pressure printing small chipboard pieces on an etching press. Each print is 35"x25" and printed on Thai Kozo paper. This series started in 2015 and was continued in 2018.
Process
These prints are made through "pressure printing". In brief, a piece of plexiglass is inked. The printing paper is placed directly on the inked surface. The pieces of chipboard are placed on the back of the paper. Once the composition is ready, it is run through the press. The press pushes down on the chip board, which in turn pushes the paper into the ink, transferring it to the paper. The thin paper allows me to see what has transferred and rearrange the pieces to build the composition. These prints are made in multiple passes, moving and rearranging the chipboard each time. Some prints are printed, allowed to dry, and go through the process again, creating layered effects.
Some prints are "ghost" prints. These are made by printing the residual ink from the plate onto a fresh sheet of paper after an initial print is made. Essentially these prints look like negative of previous print, picking up the ink that remains in the background.
While the chipboard pieces are used and reused for many prints, each print in the group is unique.
These prints are made through "pressure printing". In brief, a piece of plexiglass is inked. The printing paper is placed directly on the inked surface. The pieces of chipboard are placed on the back of the paper. Once the composition is ready, it is run through the press. The press pushes down on the chip board, which in turn pushes the paper into the ink, transferring it to the paper. The thin paper allows me to see what has transferred and rearrange the pieces to build the composition. These prints are made in multiple passes, moving and rearranging the chipboard each time. Some prints are printed, allowed to dry, and go through the process again, creating layered effects.
Some prints are "ghost" prints. These are made by printing the residual ink from the plate onto a fresh sheet of paper after an initial print is made. Essentially these prints look like negative of previous print, picking up the ink that remains in the background.
While the chipboard pieces are used and reused for many prints, each print in the group is unique.