it's me again!

hi! how are you? i'm glad you've found your way back. i know i was gone for a while.

as i was submitting some artwork to a show this evening, i thought i would share it with you. some of you might have seen this from a distance last semester, but here it is, nice and up-close :) it's from my domestic etching series.

"pin cushion"
3" x 3"

a few things about the print for those of you who care: it is a hard ground etching with chine colle and a surface roll. the chine colle is handmade japanese paper i tinted and applied to the inked/wiped plate before printing. the surface roll is the yellow ocher and muddy brown colors applied to the top of the plate after the sepia ink has been pushed into the lines and the plate wiped clean. feel free to ask questions, as i may not have explained it very well, or if you just want more detail :)

now back to some digital imaging. i'm turning myself into a 50s housewife...let's hope it works!

cheers!
michelle

back to school

so, i'm back in school this semester. it's been quite busy and the weeks are already running together. i always have such high hopes for myself...updating my blog every other day or so...and just let myself down, but i will continue to be optimistic that i will update more :)

my semester goes as follows:
mondays and fridays are dedicated to work
tuesdays and thursdays i have a digital imaging class in the morning and a rockin' history of photography class in the evening
tuesday afternoons and wednesday mornings i am interning at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art
and saturdays are dedicated to sometimes work and always homework.
i also have an independent study for art history, which i'm formulating a thesis and writing a very long paper for.
busy. plus i like to see my family and jacques at least once and a while. hah.

anyway, this set of photos is from my digital imaging class. we had to take an old photograph and restore it. luckily i found one of my beautiful mother when she was just a young girl to work with. this was supposed to be one of the "easier," less time consuming projects, but since i'm a perfectionist, it took me way longer than expected, but i sure like how it turned out.

hope you all are doing well! i miss you!
michelle