M is for Manual
M is for Manual, print 1 of 3.
M is for Manual, as part of the ongoing Grind the Gap project
2017
Plaatsmaken
Photopolymer plate etching
A4
with Laura Casas Valle at Plaatsmaken
3 copies of each 3 designs
Exhibitions:
Graphic Matters festival Breda, September 22 – October 22, 2017.
Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven October 21 -29, 2017.
Grind the Gap
Still from project video (image Maurice van Brummelen, Plaatsmaken).
On June 14 and 15, I conducted a two day screenprinting masterclass as part of the Grind the Gap project at Plaatsmaken, together with Plaatsmaken’s masterprinter Mars Wellink. Participants: Amy Whittle, Barry van der Reijt, Nick Liefhebber, RAW Color and Viktor Hachmang.
Watch Grind the Gap project video here.
(In)discernible (Ir)regularities
My first ‘Magical’ Riso print ever, based on photographs taken earlier this year at InkstStation. Tastes like more!
Dusky Bird – 2/3 – Process
Nightjar in woodgravure, from Brehm A.E. (ca. 1911). Das Leben der Tieren, found in the library of Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis in Leiden.
Dusky Bird process, part of the 2016 Grind the Gap project.
Washi Washi??
Couldn’t help spending some money on beautiful rolls of MT and masté washi masking tape. But… what am I going to do with it?
End Work
Screenprinted end work by Luca ‘Charli’ Carboni at the Graphic Design department.
After having worked with Rietveld students for over 5 years, the 2015 final exam exhibition marks THE END of my part time job supervising the Gerrit Rietveld Academie shop for screenprinting on paper.
Unico Out Of Stock
Sadly my trusted ink manufacturer Unico, located in Ternat, Begium went bankrupt.
I’ve been using their high quality AQ waterbased inks for almost 20 years, and with pleasure. It won’t be easy to find an alternative…
Ink Stain Billboard
Made from color test sheets collected over the year at Gerrit Rietveld Academie shop for screenprinting on paper.
Interweaving Billboard
Image courtesy Mariko Okazaki.
For her graduation project at the graphic design department, Mariko Okazaki connected the principles of weaving techniques to the possibilities of screenprinting.
Printed at Gerrit Rietveld Academie shop for screenprinting on paper.
What the Art?! Video
What the Art? A series of short TV portraits of Dutch designers and artists.
Aflevering 2 – Harmen Liemburg (grafische vormgeving)
Watch What the Art?! video (Dutch spoken, English subtitles)
Made by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Blikopeners (young people age 15 -19 participating in museum activities), with Avro Kunstuur.