ART 20G Introduction to Print Media and Drawing Virtual Open Studios Spring 2021
Instructor - Enrique Leal
Alise Morgan
Alise Morgan
" Beauty "
Rose quartz and lipgloss on cyanotype paper
Objects that enhance my self esteem
Alise Morgan
" Safe space "
Linoleum carved print in black ink
Visual portrayal of space
Alise Morgan
" World on Fire"
Linoleum carved print in black, red, orange, and yellow ink
Graphic that addresses the potential outcome of climate change
Alise Morgan
" Convenient Consumerism "
Rubbed tissue paper collage
Amaya Pelayo
Amaya Pelayo
“Our Impact”
8” x 10” 4-Color Reduction Linoleum Print on Kozo Paper
This print focusses on the issue of plastic pollution in our ocean due to human impact.
Amaya Pelayo
“Gizmo”
8” x 9” B&W Linoleum Print ink on Kozo Paper
This print is meant to feel very textured and abstract while still allowing the viewer to distinguish a familiar subject.
Amaya Pelayo
“Untitled”
8.5" x 9.5" Monoprint Frottage on Tissue Paper
Amaya Pelayo
“Revival”
Cyanotype
This print utilizes flowers, plants, and an avocado bag to create a very flowy feel.
Brennan Elliott
Brennan Elliott
“Dany”
8” x 9” B&W Print ink on Kozo Paper
This is a print of my dog who has been an important part of my experience through the pandemic.
Brennan Elliott
8” x 10” Color Reduction Linoleum Print on Kozo Paper
“Adopt Don’t Shop”
This print is a four color reduction to illustrate the consequences of not adopting pets and buying from breeders.
Brennan Elliott
Cyanotype Print
“Junk”
This is a cyanotype print of a boat in a bottle, a snowglobe, and my retainer.
Brennan Elliott
Monoprint Frottage
“Vans”
This is a print using the textures from my wooden table, the bottom of a Vans shoe, and the texture from a container.
Delaney Stewart
Delaney Stewart
“Bingsoo”
Linoleum Block Print
Cold but sweet, this is my cat Bingsoo.
Delaney Stewart
“Peach Dot under Cathalia Leaf”
Monotype Print
Delaney Stewart
“Chestnut Leaf over Sun”
Monotype Print
Delaney Stewart
“Onna Mo”
Linoleum Block Print
Eliza Tabuchi
Eliza Tabuchi
“Rage”
Print 7/8 , print ink on kozo
In this print series I wanted to bring attention to the issue of the exploitation of asian women in hollywood. Asian women are often exploited by the industry in many ways, the ways I focused on with this series are how they are misrepresented as oversexualized objects as well as often typecast as crazy or tokenly childlike. This stripping of humanity is directly linked to the violence asian women experience in everyday life because these harmful representations manipulate people into thinking this is what asian women are really like and treat them accordingly, and at the very least justify violent behavior towards them. This kind of longstanding disregard for the basic rights and well being of these women has led to mass rage and frustration and that emotion of unjustly caused frustration is what I wanted to come through strongly. I tried to convey these in eyes that resemble a woman’s eyes that I feel portray emotions of insanity, rage, and frustration by giving her a spiral in her pupil, furrowed brow and a sideways glance. I used the red circle background to nod to the appearance of the japanese flag as I am Japanese and have personal experiences with the damage that these stereotypes cause, but I expanded my message to all asian women because I think it’s important that they are all included in this message since they suffer from the same tropes. The lips I decided to make the shape resemble how lips have been drawn in traditional japanese art to reinforce that this is about asian women, and I made the ink appear to drip down to resemble deterioration, saliva, and to just generally communicate a messiness caused by fatigue. I wanted the dripping effect that I used to resemble the way makeup and specifically lipstick and mascara is smeared to contribute to the feeling of fatigue and inability to continue to present as contained and kept. This issue is massively important because the media heavily influences how we as people are taught to act in the real world. Media leaves lasting impressions on us from very young ages and whether we are aware or not, shapes how we perceive and act in the world. When racist or otherwise violently/politically charged representations inundate the representation of a certain demographic, in this case its asian women, that representation is what sticks with people. If someone already has a racist agenda, and they see that agenda reinforced by a show or movie they then feel justified in taking that into the world and that is where the violence begins. Until there is realistic, and beyond that, until asian women are in charge of their own representation, the violence will continue to be assuaged by the media I'm referring to.
Eliza Tabuchi
“Ayako”
Print ink on kozo
Eliza Tabuchi
“Untitled”
Print ink
Eliza Tabuchi
“Religion”
Canotype
Fionna Chuang
Art 20G: Introduction to Print Media and Drawing was truly an introduction to printmaking as I made my first official prints and carved my first linoleum block in this course. Even though I had to print at home - with the help of the course - I was able to experiment and practice a variety of techniques and styles with many different objects as well as ideas. For Open Studios I have submitted some of my favorite prints from this course, in which a couple of the prints focus on topics I really care about (“Giants Under My Sea” and “My Body My Art”).
Fionna Chuang
“Giants Under My Sea”
Linoleum Block, Ink on Kozo Paper
This is a black and white print edition centering around the theme, The Everyday Place Saver. The edition consists of six prints, shown is the sixth print. I illustrated an image based on the song “Giants Under the Sea” by Alicks - the main focus of this print - through the emotions felt while listening to the song. Hidden in the image are two “giants”, a corgi’s ear to represent a corgi plush and a bear cub wearing a beret to represent Marty from the game Animal Crossing. The three elements provide a comforting and appreciative feeling as I reflect on the past year.
Fionna Chuang
“The Sun and Constellations”
Found objects, Aluminum Foil, Ink on Rives Paper
This is a monotype print, using found materials such as pressed baby’s-breath, a pressed rose, and a pressed aluminum foil on the design of a lid. The composition as well as the colors - yellow, orange, red, and black - reminds me of the sun and constellations.
Fionna Chuang
“Leaves”
Found objects, Ink on Rives Paper
This is a split-fountain monotype print, using leaves to create an interesting composition.
Fionna Chuang
“My Body My Art”
Linoleum Block, Ink on Kozo Paper
This is a color reduction relief print edition centering on meliorism. The edition consists of eight prints, shown is the sixth print. The image tackles the issue of how women are treated in society, in the media, and on social media. Most noticeably on social media, negative, hateful, and disrespectful comments are made towards women on their body and career. The edition focuses on respecting women and their bodies - to see women and their bodies as their own rather than a means to fulfill our personal desires. It’s about giving agency and empowerment from myself to myself and to all women. The canvas that is my body is for me to create art. My body is my body; I am the artist.
Ian Budesa
Flowers of Home
Black and white oil print on kozo paper
This is a bouquet of specific flowers that grew around the area that I lived at during the pandemic. Gardening and flowers got me through those dark times and allowed me to appreciate the area I lived in more.
Untitled
Oil Paint Monoprint Frottage on Kozo
Just a simple print of a fern and piece of foil to look like the moon
Untitled
Cyanotype Print
A print of ferns and money plant seed pods
“I’m Just One Person”
Color Reduction Linoleum Print on Kozo paper
I chose to create a piece of art that talks about the environmental issues surrounding single use waster and individuals thinking very selfishly or lazily when it comes to recycling or throwing things away properly.
Louisa Balderas
Louisa Balderas
“American Fries”
8” x 10” 4-Color Reduction Linoleum Print on Kozo Paper
“Add description”
Louisa Balderas
“Pandemic Kitty”
8” x 9” B&W Linoleum Print ink on Kozo Paper
Louisa Balderas
“Untitled”
8.5" x 9.5" Monoprint Frottage on Tissue Paper
Louisa Balderas
“Found Flowers”
8" x 6" Pressed Flowers inked and pressed on Kozo Paper
Natalie Cisneros
Natalie Cisneros
“Precious Water”
8x10 4 Color reduction Linoleum Print on Kozo Paper
Natalie Cisneros
“Nature, My Saving Grace”
8x9 Black and White Linoleum Print on Kozo Paper
Natalie Cisneros
“Midwest Escape”
Multicolor Monotype Print with black background on Rives Heavyweight paper
Natalie Cisneros
“Natural Selection”
Cyanotype
Nicole Chu
Nicole Chu
“Welcome to Idaho”
Printed Ink on Kozo paper
This print addresses a new bill passed in Idaho that allows for 90% of their wolf population to be hunted due to a false narrative about wolves and the lack of research the government officials in Idaho have done.
Nicole Chu
“The Comfort of Death”
Printed Ink on Kozo Paper
This print was created to represent an idea that has brought me comfort throughout the pandemic. In tarot, death is not a sinister concept, but represents new beginnings.
Shade Kimball
Shade Kimball
"Macroscopic Landscape, Microscopic Blood Orange"
Color Reduction Linoleum Block Print on KOZO paper, Oil based ink
This graphic reproduction of a blood orange is intended to confront the current drought in California by offering a visual ode to the state's natural resources which are at risk of being lost to disasters exacerbated by climate change. I hoped to call on the viewer's attention by offering an image of a ripe blood orange, a notorious California crop that is made possible only by the rich and fertile soil of the land. The composition simultaneously, though, is meant to evoke a macroscopic image of fire, an increasingly frequent and volatile natural disaster exacerbated by lack of rainfall.
Shade Kimball
"Domestic Confinement"
Linoleum Block Print on KOZO paper, Oil based ink
This image visualizes my ongoing reflections of homemaking through the domestic confinement of the Covid-19 pandemic. The subject in the foreground is an image of me, with all of the respective houses being homes that I've lived in since birth.
Shade Kimball
"Heart-shaped Doily and Orchids"
Frottage Monotype Print with water-soluble crayons on Rives BFK paper
In this frottage monoprint, I attempted to use various found and juxtapositional textures to create a balanced and serne composition. The found textures included select rubbings from the surface of an outdoor picnic table, a stone fireplace, a Valentine's heart doily, and two prints I had formerly carved from linoleum, (orchids and waves).
Shade Kimball
"Lace and Flowers"
Cyanotype Monoprint
I created this cyanotype print by exposing the light sensitive cyanotype paper to the sun with two pressed wildflowers and an old lace doily atop of it. The white imprint of these objects in contrast to the deep blue of the developed paper embolden the lace and flowers, making them more overt than their usual delicate nature.