SOUTHERN GRAPHICS COUNCIL CONVENTION 2014

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"Reaching," 2014 Cherie Porter Blackwell,
monoprint, drypoint and digital using Akua inks

 

It’s printmaking month in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Coinciding with the Southern Graphics Conference in March 2014, East Bay artist Cherie Porter Blackwell feature’s a new print series showing the design, development, and evolution of monotype/monoprint/drypoint works.  The KALA Art Institute in Berkeley, California offers a "printmaking roulette" of demonstrations by some of the studio's top artists, including Veronica Graham and Jenny Robinson. A companion gallery exhibition features amazing cutting edge printmaking statements:

Approaching Zero - At the Frontier of Contemporary Printmaking

February 13 - April 5, 2014
Artists' Reception: Thursday, February 13, 6 - 8 pm

Miguel A. Aragón
Stella Ebner
Zarina Hashmi
Walter Jule
Kouseki Ono
Katsutoshi Yuasa

Curated by Mayumi Hamanaka
Special Thanks to Archana Horsting
Artist Talk: Kouseki Ono and Katsutoshi Yuasa
Wednesday, March 12, 7pm
Artist Talk with Miguel A. Aragón and Walter Jule
Friday, March 28, 2pm
Bridges SGCI Conference 2014 - Kala Open House: Friday, March 28, 11am -5pm 
Demos, projects, exhibitions and print viewing tour. For more info: http://sgcisanfrancisco.org
Gallery Hours: Tue-Fri, 12-5:00pm; Sat, 12-4:30pm
Gallery location:
2990 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94702
510-841-7000

The Approaching Zero exhibition is generously supported with a grant from The Japan Foundation.

PHOTOPOLYMER GRAVURE PRINTS IN BOXED SETS

"Kiwi Leaf" 2014 Cherie Porter Blackwell, photopolymer gravure,
HDR imaging on Nikon D800

I am producing a boxed set of twenty hand-pulled, photopolymer gravure prints for release in late 2014.  These prints feature my original, HDR photography on the Nikon D800 with a botanical and rural farmland themes.  Using Toyobo photopolymer etching plates and the seminal digital negative process developed by Mark Nelson, the photo images are reproduced on the etching plate from a large-scale contact negative.  We are using a hand-blended mixture of etching inks to achieve over 31 step of tonal gradation on fine art printmaking papers pulled through Conrad, French American and other etching presses.  The print work is being accomplished at KALA Art Institute in Berkeley, California and at the studios of Nancy Diessner in Boston, MA.  I am also looking forward to working with Mark Nelson again this fall when he returns to the San Francisco Bay Area for workshops in the photopolymer and platinum palladium processes.