![]() The numbered descriptions below the image describe each item in the picture below.Ī woodblock print in process of being developed (click to enlarge) I took a picture of the assortment of materials I was working with to show and describe to you. As I was working, I realized I was at an interesting point in the process that illustrates how a print is planned and how the image takes shape. All my work was printmaking grunt work over the weekend. I haven’t written much about process hell, but it is when my work consists of carving, mixing ink, rolling and printing blocks, making sure images register, cleaning up ink (and hands, and rollers), preparing paper, and other tedious bits of the printmaking process. This weekend I found myself in the middle of process hell. I sketched Druid Arch while I was out there, and I am developing this woodblock print from the sketch and from photos I took. This arch stands up above a rock plateau at the end of a canyon I reached 6 miles into this desert canyon. It is a challenge to capture the entirety of this experience in a small printed image. ![]() It is vibrant, and when I looked at the arch with the sky behind it, the blue began to vibrate and pulse with brightness and luminosity. Most of all, the sky in the desert is blue. The rocks themselves are rich reds, oranges and whites, cut by the dark shadows against the rock edge. The rock edges are smooth in places, weathered by who-knows how many years of water and wind, yet in other areas the edges are sharp and hard, where the water worked its way into the rock, eventually causing it to break apart quickly and fiercely. ![]() The rocks are large, massive, un-moving, yet arches like Druid Arch look fragile, like the slightest push could topple the entire thing. The colors and shapes of the desert strike me the most. I drew this arch then, and I am printing it now. When I turned my head to the left, I saw this tall arch, standing 100 feet up in the air above this plateau. Druid Arch, at the end of Elephant Canyon ![]()
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