tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338803225491771091.post7207761603274360422..comments2023-07-29T02:51:22.273-07:00Comments on Burnishings: Print vs ReproductionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01829539943100364349noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338803225491771091.post-42703784657529539372010-03-07T19:44:50.375-08:002010-03-07T19:44:50.375-08:00Gotta share this quote from Clayton Hollifield on ...Gotta share this <a href="http://inkismyperfume.com/2010/03/06/more-handcolored-prints.aspx?ref=rss" rel="nofollow">quote</a> from Clayton Hollifield on his blog <a href="http://inkismyperfume.com/" rel="nofollow">Ink Is My Perfume</a>:<br /><br />Even small plates that are done quickly are accompanyed by buckets of sweat and aches the next day (which is why traditional printmakers tend to sneer at things like giclee prints - if it doesn't take a couple of Aleve and a vat of coffee to get you through the day, it's not really a print).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01829539943100364349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338803225491771091.post-73771332315984504052009-12-30T14:33:50.051-08:002009-12-30T14:33:50.051-08:00Oh anonymous, such a silly and weirdly angry comme...Oh anonymous, such a silly and weirdly angry comment. Printmaking evolved quite separately from painting. Printmakers didn't have jobs because painters gave them to them, they had a job because their skills were the most technologically advanced for communicating visual information...this is important for society (transmitting info about poisonous plants, ways to build machines, etc.). I would refer you to William Ivins book, "Prints and Visual Communication" if you would like to know more about the subject.<br />Secondly, printmaking is perhaps one of the most widely used contemporary artistic media. I have some thoughts on the reasons for this but I'll just leave this as a statement rather than getting in too deep.<br />And thirdly, I would encourage you to look into people like Durer and Rembrandt who both painted and made significant, original graphic statements. Not to mention artists like Kathe Kollwitz whose primary medium was print.<br />I keep wanting to add more points on to this comment (about the beauty and depth of intaglio and the punch of a really good woodcut, and the joy of pulling a print, and the seductiveness of paper, etc.) but I feel like I'm arguing against the air..so that it.nicholasdowgwillohttp://freelove.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338803225491771091.post-91523348482614137242009-12-30T13:03:37.203-08:002009-12-30T13:03:37.203-08:00In answer to anonymous' question, YES! I do t...In answer to anonymous' question, YES! I do think there is a place for hand made items and artwork even in our computer age. I love the smell of burnt plate oil in the morning!!<br /><br />That said it is of course disheartening that there are those in art clubs, shops and galleries do not appreciate these wonderful media. You would think that other artists would have some sort of education.<br /><br />And if you have an intelligent printer you don't need 12 colors :o) Mix primaries.H2O_Babyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17245051620039922526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338803225491771091.post-26075490233896593732009-12-30T11:58:19.620-08:002009-12-30T11:58:19.620-08:00Watercolor artist and other painters who sell a lo...Watercolor artist and other painters who sell a lot of reproductions of their work should call them reproductions, and not prints. Signing and numbering them gives their purchasers a false sense of their value. Printmaking is the process of making etchings, lithographs, woodcuts, etc. and are considered originals.printsnathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03142697911780630001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338803225491771091.post-35602044183197278562009-12-30T11:08:36.831-08:002009-12-30T11:08:36.831-08:00Printmaking certainly isn't a dead art. I con...Printmaking certainly isn't a dead art. I consider it a separate medium of expression, one where you remove something to make the image, as when you carve away the wood. It's "painting" with negative space. A lot of thought goes into the process and execution. I don't think "I think I'll copy something today," I think "I think I'll create something today."Ellen Shipleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07806407695486557068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338803225491771091.post-84164480988280777532009-12-30T09:18:11.711-08:002009-12-30T09:18:11.711-08:00Thanks for your comment - I'll post this comme...Thanks for your comment - I'll post this comment onto a couple of discussion boards and see where it goes... If print were truly dead, though, I would suspect there wouldn't be literally thousands of people using the medium as a method of expression for their work. I can of course be considered biased, though... :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01829539943100364349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338803225491771091.post-75260531770504933172009-12-29T18:47:01.502-08:002009-12-29T18:47:01.502-08:00Print making is a dead art. The only reason print...Print making is a dead art. The only reason print makers had a job in the first place was because an artist needed to produce multiple reproductions of his work to sell.<br /><br />Do you honestly think that if 12 color, 100 year ink printers were around then there would even be such a thing as a plate to print from??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338803225491771091.post-18316401306021925372008-02-27T08:51:00.000-08:002008-02-27T08:51:00.000-08:00I'm getting back into the world of printmaking and...I'm getting back into the world of printmaking and am enjoying your blog. Keep up the nice work (both artwork and writing)!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338803225491771091.post-26132111072336584122008-02-25T22:21:00.000-08:002008-02-25T22:21:00.000-08:00Good to see you back and with your "feist" back Am...Good to see you back and with your "feist" back Amie. Your points are well made and clearly stated. Thanks for taking the time to raise awareness.Katkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787758413391041363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338803225491771091.post-16680731049016447052008-02-24T16:17:00.000-08:002008-02-24T16:17:00.000-08:00Thanks for tackling the issue on behalf of printma...Thanks for tackling the issue on behalf of printmakers Amie! Your approach was succinct and reasonable. I don't know how they could avoid understanding your point of view!Eraethilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13120926323060174661noreply@blogger.com