A few weeks ago I completed a silk screening class at San Francisco Art Institute with artist Jonathan Palmer. I was inspired by some of his prints where he combined silk screening and relief printing and decided to create my own series using these techniques. I posted about it here. I created three related prints … More Two new prints
Several months ago I created this linocut of a heart. The photo below shows my initial sketches, the carved linoleum, and the print on paper and on fabric. I wanted to take it further, but wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with it. I’m currently enrolled in a six week silkscreen printing class at … More Silkscreen meets Lino
Here’s an update on the printed piece started during a quilting retreat in Healdsburg. I finished it today and titled it Rain Dance. I was inspired to create a California themed linoleum block print on a background pieced from yellow and white scraps (more here). The colors and silhouetted dry seedpods represent our current … More Rain Dance
A major component for completion of the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Visual Arts at UC Berkeley Extension is to develop a portfolio of work suitable for application to a Masters of Fine Arts program. I’ve been developing this portfolio for over a year and studying at UCBX for over three years. Yesterday I presented my portfolio … More Life Forms – A Portfolio of Work
When Katie’s Luminous Linocuts class started up again a couple weeks ago, I decided to create a large print on a background pieced from yellow and white scraps from a recent quilting retreat at Bishop’s Ranch in Healdsburg, CA. I wanted the background to create a landscape feeling with a darker silhouette of plants in … More Piece, Print, Quilt
One of the steps I’m taking as an artist is putting together a portfolio to represent my work. The most important element in the portfolio is excellent images. I’ve learned that how well your work is photographed can be the determining factor in whether or not your work is juried into a show. Until recently, … More Photographing Artwork
Back in August 2013, I saw this reader’s challenge in Cloth Paper Scissors magazine and decided to give it a whirl. The challenge was to use our favorite techniques to create a six inch mixed media square with some kind of stitching. I used one of my linocut prints on fabric as the starting point, … More Reader Challenge
Chrysalis Studio‘s annual Open House & Group Show SOMArts in SF last night was a huge success with at least 150-200 guests attending. Exciting to see a variety of fresh-off-the-press fine art prints and see demonstrations of linocut and mono printing techniques by Chrysalis Studio printmakers. Artists included: Greg Adams, Owen Christoph, Jan Currie, Katie Gilmartin, … More Chrysalis Studio’s annual Open House & Group Show
I’m launching new website and a facebook page to showcase my work and increase my visibility on the web. Please visit the website at http://www.priscillaread.com or my facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Priscilla-Read-Art-Journey.
Bones I and Bones II – each ~ 10 1/2″ x 27 3/4″ Continuing with my circle series, I patched together fabric monoprinted with my circle motif, then added hand stitched running stitches around some of the circles and vertical lines of machine stitching. After looking at the composition I decided to print onto fabric … More Bones in a Circle
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