Aaron Horkey...Are there any 100% by-hand posters?
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Oh, and I know the OP was specifically in reference to Horkey prints; I was just wondering if it made any difference how he creates the final plates or if it was just a curious inquiry. Horkey is amazing to me no matter what his process is.
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you can see how Aaron works here if you click through the view process buttons. He had reference photos he took, does a sketch on an 8x 10 sheet. then shrinked it down to 4 x 6 and hand watercoloured it. Those colours were speced before we ever started printing and it's dead on to the actual print. We just ended up adding a few eatra layers throughout the process.
http://thedecoderring.com/shop/prints/?id=32601&p=1
meticulous is the way to describe how he works.
http://thedecoderring.com/shop/prints/?id=32601&p=1
meticulous is the way to describe how he works.
that is f'ing awesome!
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Of course it makes a difference.drowningcreek wrote:Oh, and I know the OP was specifically in reference to Horkey prints; I was just wondering if it made any difference how he creates the final plates or if it was just a curious inquiry. Horkey is amazing to me no matter what his process is.
The process matters...That's what screen printing is all about. Nobody here is bashing cmputers, but in most arts, the more hand-crafted something is, the more special it is.
If you acquired an original Horkey drawing, obviously the process affects its artistic value. It's hard to imagine asking the same question of ho wmuch the process matters because the pure hand+pen+paper process is what makes that piece unique, as opposed to possessing a hand-drawn piece that was scanned and then laser printed.
I know that's a different situation, because your question was specifically about how much the process matters when making plates, but I would consider a hand-cut rubylith print a step closer to an original hand-done piece, because all that was needed was a few sheets, a knife, a screen, some chemicals, some light, and a pair of hands...but no CS3.
I remember reading somewhere that Horkey sometimes wonders if he was born in the wrong century. If he has made any prints entirely by hand, which could have potentiallybeen made 70 years ago, I'd sure like to know.
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Sounds like the previously mentioned gocco prints fit that bill.DarrenSorkey wrote:If he has made any prints entirely by hand, which could have potentiallybeen made 70 years ago, I'd sure like to know.
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Yeah, that's pretty sweet.
I kind of doubt the Nesting plates were hand-cut though...Is that really true?
I kind of doubt the Nesting plates were hand-cut though...Is that really true?
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a decent amount of the layers were hand cut rubylith or hand painted directly on velums. the keyline was hand inked and then the film was enlarged and output at a blueline service bureau.DarrenSorkey wrote:Yeah, that's pretty sweet.
I kind of doubt the Nesting plates were hand-cut though...Is that really true?
i concurdb23 wrote:that is f'ing awesome!
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my lack of knowledge about how screenprints are made is astounding.
i do know it's amazing art regardless of how it's accomplished.
i do know it's amazing art regardless of how it's accomplished.
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Explaining what screenprinting is all about to Drowning Creek? Awesome.DarrenSorkey wrote:Of course it makes a difference.drowningcreek wrote:Oh, and I know the OP was specifically in reference to Horkey prints; I was just wondering if it made any difference how he creates the final plates or if it was just a curious inquiry. Horkey is amazing to me no matter what his process is.
The process matters...That's what screen printing is all about. Nobody here is bashing cmputers, but in most arts, the more hand-crafted something is, the more special it is.
you need to start doing videos... free dvd with purchase.GeoffPeveto wrote:a decent amount of the layers were hand cut rubylith or hand painted directly on velums. the keyline was hand inked and then the film was enlarged and output at a blueline service bureau.DarrenSorkey wrote:Yeah, that's pretty sweet.
I kind of doubt the Nesting plates were hand-cut though...Is that really true?
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I was thinking about getting a video camera to document this stuff. I just need to get off my ass and do it. I have a little 5 min video of all the stuff hanging in my house from my digital camera. It would be cool to have documents of all this crap we do.jodeci78 wrote:you need to start doing videos... free dvd with purchase.GeoffPeveto wrote:a decent amount of the layers were hand cut rubylith or hand painted directly on velums. the keyline was hand inked and then the film was enlarged and output at a blueline service bureau.DarrenSorkey wrote:Yeah, that's pretty sweet.
I kind of doubt the Nesting plates were hand-cut though...Is that really true?
Just "hire" (I bet that you could get people to volunteer just as easily) someone to come and by the video-documenter for each visiting artist DRDC project - I'm sure it would have no lack of applicants. Would even suggest talking to a local college's film program - UT's gotta have one...
Portable DVD recorders have come way down in price...
Portable DVD recorders have come way down in price...
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Gosh, thanks for schooling me on process.DarrenSorkey wrote:Of course it makes a difference.drowningcreek wrote:Oh, and I know the OP was specifically in reference to Horkey prints; I was just wondering if it made any difference how he creates the final plates or if it was just a curious inquiry. Horkey is amazing to me no matter what his process is.
The process matters...That's what screen printing is all about. Nobody here is bashing cmputers, but in most arts, the more hand-crafted something is, the more special it is.
If you acquired an original Horkey drawing, obviously the process affects its artistic value. It's hard to imagine asking the same question of ho wmuch the process matters because the pure hand+pen+paper process is what makes that piece unique, as opposed to possessing a hand-drawn piece that was scanned and then laser printed.
I know that's a different situation, because your question was specifically about how much the process matters when making plates, but I would consider a hand-cut rubylith print a step closer to an original hand-done piece, because all that was needed was a few sheets, a knife, a screen, some chemicals, some light, and a pair of hands...but no CS3.
I remember reading somewhere that Horkey sometimes wonders if he was born in the wrong century. If he has made any prints entirely by hand, which could have potentiallybeen made 70 years ago, I'd sure like to know.
You do realize a computer does not automate anything, right? That just instead of rubylith and a razor knife, you're physically coloring in the color separations with a pen on the monitor, i.e., hand drawing it?
This discussion always amuses me.