P4P: This year’s event was just great and just different than years past. Many new faces, many more bodies in the heated space, some of the same printers, now in the Pearl with a shop!  And the coffee/bagels and soup were hot and ready. My third such event, I passed the baton last year so it was great to be back. It’s funny and strange and wonderful to be among sculptors, photographers, filmmakers and other artists who never do this kind of work, just to see some of the results - some are really astonishing, some are surprises and loose translations of aspects seen in their work. Others, like me, take the medium for what it is, for its sense of happenstance - and just go! Great to see Stephen Hayes, who conceived of the event, back in town, along with so many colleagues in the house - Annette Thurston, Leiv Fagerang, Pat Boas, Josh Smith, Gabriel Liston, Marie Watt, David Eckard, Brad Adkins, Joe Thurston, Shelby Davis, Justin Oswald, Sarah Meadows, Stephen Slappe, Paige Saez, Arnold Kemp, Tim Dalbow, Noah Nakell, Damien Gilley, Emily Ginsberg, Vanessa Renwick, Bill Park, Jenevive Tatiana, Linda Hutchins, Anna Fidler, Yoshi Kitai, Philip Iosca, and a whole lotta others about! A great event, as usual.

PRINTS FOR PICA ‘09
12/12, 6-9PM

After getting the inks warmed I attempted to make a few somewhat monotone prints incorporating horizontal stripes, and then adding sticks/stacks. A few preliminary flops that needed a second pass - and I later turned them around (w/the help of printing suggestions - and some patience). Made five in all to leave for the fundraiser, I toted one of the less reasonable ones homeward. I enjoy mark-making, so the process becomes less daunting when I can sit and contemplate layers - and also in the comparison of how it is so removed from the calculating digital aspects of work I make. Satisfied to be able to pitch in for PICA, putting in about five hours (about a print an hour). The PICA Shoppe is open through 12/18 for all your pleasures + treasures.

Tags: Prints for PICA

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