Saturday, February 3, 2018

Border Promise -- Steamroller Prints Revisted


BorderǀPromise  -- a PRINT AUSTIN event at the Elisabet Ney Museum, February 3rd and 4th, 2018.


hung fabric prints they did at past steamroller print events,
and made large "dance prints" in Austin



The Desert Triangle Print Carpeta was conceived during the Chalk the Block 2014 arts festival.  During that event, some of the El Paso printmakers in the Desert Triangle, participated in the steamroller printing event with Luis Valderas and Kim Bishop.  So  we find it very poetic to meet them again during PRINT AUSTIN 2018, going full circle, almost 4 years later.  Some of the fabric prints done in El Paso were on display outside the Elisabet Ney Museum during the event.








DAY ONE
Feb 3rd, 2018









immediately next to his print
on the white fabric


immediately next to his print
-- "Todos Ponen" --
on the blue fabric


Shaun Haugen and Kim Bishop,
slinging ink








Dancing to print,
instead of using a steam roller










Laying fabric over the inked print boards
(Luis Garza, photographer, left hand corner)


Laying Kraft paper over the fabric


Plastic over the paper and fabric --
Then dancing to print,
one more time





Oliver Franklin,
Director of the Elisabeth Ney Museum,
where this event was held


DAY TWO
Feb 4th, 2018


More dancing!









Elisabeth Ney Museum


Not the last dance -- Luis Valderas, Kim Bishop, Paul Karam  and Luis Garza plan to make even more large prints this way, and display them at the border.  We hope to see them again in the future.

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