Maria Doering's Art and Adventures
Blog URL http://mariadoering.blogspot.com
Located Montreal, Quebec Canada
Tags art, print, printmaking, photography, artist life, travel, Hedgehog, Doering, Maria
Art, Printmaking, Life, Travel, Photography
Latest Blog Posts
- 2x8ft lino #1 - drawing and carving on Nov 11, 2009 in color linocut scroll lino thesis 2x8ft lino
So as part of my thesis i am carving three 2x8 ft linocuts. Insane? Yes. Fun? YES!I bought the linoleum as one large piece at a carpet and flooring store. It's not battleship lino but I find it actually works even better for very delicate carving bec...
- Letterpress workshops on Nov 10, 2009 in concordia wooden type letterpress lead type letterpress workshop typesetting concordia print department workshop vandercook letterpress movable type
This past Wednesday Nov. 4th I taught two 4hour Letterpress workshops back to back specifically focused on Typesetting. It was a bit crazy since there were about 17 people in the first one. Only 5 students in the second workshop felt like a vacation...
- Sketchbook Library on Nov 3, 2009 in pencil art house sketchbook library colored pencil ink drawings ink arthouse sketchbook library drawing sketchbook
Here are some more drawings in my Arthouse sketchbook for their sketchbook library. It's due January 4rth and I have many more pages to fill.
- Val David - Round #3 -Day 5 on Oct 26, 2009 in stone lithograph color linocut proofing val david drawing test prints
I'm editioning the small test block of the yellow lino. It's working perfectly. I'm relieved this means that the thesis linos won't be a problem. When I get home I can get started on the huge 2x8 ft blocks. :) inked up yellow lino. Next layer i'm pri...
- Val David - Round #3 -Day 4 on Oct 25, 2009 in stone lithograph color lithograph color linocut proofing rice paper
Alright, I printed Lino for 3 days and realized I just need to start a little litho stone for balance sake. I don't think I'll be able to print it this time around, but I'll finish the drawing, and first etch before I leave to return to Montreal. Wor...
- Val David - Round #3 -Day 3 ;) on Oct 24, 2009 in color linocut val david pattern artist residency snow experimenting
Hello hello hello,So I escaped the city for a weekend and I am back in Val David. The stay began with some serious snow. But that has all melted in the mean time.This time has been a bit of a slow start. I'm not feeling all that great, must be fighti...
- Busy busy busy .. and some fun! :) on Oct 20, 2009 in montreal botanical gardens chinese lanterns pumpkin carving pumkin
It's been busy. I've been teaching another workshop, this time for the Mailaender Offset press. I finally bought my 6x8 ft linoleum, it came on a roll, so now it's flattening in our apartment before I can cut it into the three 2x8 ft pieces that I ne...
