Thursday, September 27, 2012

Inkjet Transfers onto Wood for Weidmann

Jake Weidmann is a Denver based Artist & Master Penman who works with many mediums including drawing in pencil, pen and ink, painting in acrylics, airbrush gouache, carving in wood, wax, stone, antler and pre-ban Ivory; calligraphy forms of script, off-hand flourishing, illumination and black letter.


Jake and I just finished a really fun project that yielded fantastic results.  Jake knows I love the alternative printing surfaces and came to me with the idea of transferring his new drawing to a cross section of a tree trunk.  He had 25 tree trunk slabs that were to be the centerpieces at an upcoming conference.

 
Jake drew a beautifully intricate Compass Rose on Calfskin Vellum and had me scan it.  I was then able to print the Compass Rose onto transfer film.  The wood was then coated with a receptive coating that when comes into contact with the transfer film pulls the image away onto the new surface.


Some other alternative printing surfaces that I offer are tile, metal, Plexiglass, and many kinds of wood.

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Reproductions for Brooke Howell

Brooke Howell is a very talented freelance sculptor, illustrator, and caricaturist who is based in Denver, Colorado.  I have been working with her to reproduce her two dimensional art for almost two years.  I always enjoy seeing her new pieces.  She has been working on a series of famous individuals drawn on wood for a few years.

© Brooke Howell 2012© Brooke Howell 2012

In order to make a reproduction I start by doing a hi-resolution scan with my Epson scanner.  After that is created I balance the color, contrast, and brightness in Photoshop to match the original artwork.


© Brooke Howell 2012© Brooke Howell 2012

I can then make prints at the original size or larger.  We both agree that the Optica One paper suits these pieces done on wood very well.  Optica One is a smooth surface 300gsm matte fine art paper rated at 100+ years of archival certification.

To see more of Brooke's fantastic work head to www.brookehowell.com