Wayne Chinander - Relief Printmaking and Registration Demo Video Update!

Our videos are getting fancier (and more informative!).

We're excited to announce that we've updated Wayne Chinander's demo video from The Cutting Edge exhibition opening. During the reception, Wayne provided a multi-plate printing demonstration, which included a glimpse of his inking, registration and printing techniques. We caught live video of Wayne in action that night, and we turned that raw material into a newly updated video for our YouTube channel.

We combined all the separate parts, added commentary and close-ups of the prints Wayne was working on--and we've even added a little splash of tango music by local talent Q Tango!

Expect great things from our future demo videos, too. We're planning to create nice, educational (and snazzy) video footage for each of our demonstrations and we may even give new polish to some of our classic videos. We hope our new and improved video footage will inspire, motivate and inform.

Stop by our YouTube Channel to see our latest work.

Ren Adams - Art Review

Generative Forns, 2013.

New Grounds artist Ren Adams is featured in an exhibition review of work we presented at the Affordable Art Fair in New York this spring.

Blogger Christie Scheele describes the fluid layers in Adams' work: 

"It strikes me that these layered prints explore space beautifully. Within a relatively shallow space, the elements occupy varying depths and push against the edges of the paper, creating movement both outward from the sides of the picture plane as well as back behind it."

 
You can read Scheele's full review here:
https://scheeleart.wordpress.com/2015/04/12/a-review-of-the-affordable-art-fair-in-nyc/

Ren is also one of our instructors! If you're interested in learning some of her layered and hybrid printmaking techniques, keep your eyes peeled for upcoming summer classes. 

The Atomic Network - Strings, 2015

The Cutting Edge Exhibition and Wayne Chinander Relief Demo

May has just begun and we're busy with new work here at New Grounds Print Workshop and Gallery.

New pieces by our relief printers spark conversations!

Our current exhibition, The Cutting Edge - Relief and Mixed Media Prints, features a rich array of relief and mixed media prints by Wayne Chinander, Manuel Lau and Tanya Landin.

Their distinctly different approaches to this centuries-old medium offer an exciting experience for art lovers!

Wayne Chinander poses in front of his reduction prints.

Viewers enjoying Wayne Chinander's new relief prints.

Wayne Chinander’s multi-plate relief prints capture the fleeting moment of a place in time. Relief printing enables him to capture the sharp juxtaposition of light and shadow.  With relief prints the non-image elements are carved away so that the remaining surface area prints the positive image.  Chinander’s first  relief prints were single plate, black and white images. As he became more interested in color and landscapes in particular, he explored working with multiple plates which were inked in separate colors and then layered to build up the image. The biggest challenge with this approach is registration which turned out to be a much steeper learning curve than Chinander anticipated. One of New Grounds former interns, Manuel Lau, was instrumental in helping Chinander get his printing problems worked out.

Wayne Chinander giving his relief printing demo to the crowd!

Wayne answers questions about relief printing.

During the show's opening reception, Wayne Chinander gave the crowd a relief printing demo.  He showed some of  his relief printing techniques, including inking, registration, multi-plate and reduction processes.



You can view our two-part video of Wayne in action on our YouTube channel!

Tanya Landin poses in front of her new series.

Tanya Landin has been New Grounds’ gallery assistant for six years and counting. Freshly graduated with her BFA, and with some technical help by Manuel Lau - the same intern who assisted Wayne Chinander - she finally completed this body of work which was started a little while ago. Originally, these images were about the continuance of life, but they transpired to become an metaphor for her life, recent life changes and all the emotions that accompany it. Her imagery incorporates the female form, the moon, feathers, and trees. This body of work evokes a sense of peace within the multitude of layers. Combining and expanding on printmaking techniques such as relief, monotype, and gravure opened up Landin’s art to a whole new level.

Tanya Landin's work in the gallery.

 

Viewers enjoying Tanya's rich surfaces

Stone relief prints by Manuel Lau.

 
Mauel Lau, born in Peru to Chinese parents and now a Canadian resident, was such a person.  A traveler of the world, Lau pursues a full-time artist career through grants, residencies and internships. He spend a three month internship at New Grounds “to learn and to share” and so he did! In addition to his intern duties he created about 30 editions of carved soapstone relief prints, and he was instrumental in helping Chinander and Landin in creating the work for this exhibition. Lau’s whimsical and figurative images are as much a traveler’s log as they are an expression of his gentle, astute and humorous spirit.

Manuel Lau's work (left)

 More shots from the opening:

Tanya Landin

Manuel Lau

Tanya Landin

Wayne Chinander's demo setup.

Admiring the work of Tanya Landin.

Wayne Chinander provides insight into relief printing.

Preparing to print.

Did you miss the First Friday reception? Don't worry. The Cutting Edge exhibition runs through May 30th, 2015.

David Avery Etching Demo

 

California printmaker David Avery's solo exhibition, The Mysterious Conspiracy of Existence runs through April 25, 2015 at New Grounds Gallery. As a treat, David and has wife attended the exhibition opening and artist reception, offering a real-time demonstration of his etching technique to the crowd. He showed his approach to inking, wiping and printing and New Grounds was lucky enough to record his informative talk. 

Enjoy our two-part YouTube video feature and watch David in action!

David was kind enough to answer a number of questions posed by attendees, artists and adoring fans. 

Above: David's inking station after inking and wiping the plate. David worked with our Akua non-toxic intaglio inks. 

If you have a sweet tooth for symbolism and surrealism, and a weakness for Bruegel, Ensor, Chirico, Magritte, and the other sly fabulists of Old Europe, then David Avery’s enchanted etchings will restore your soul. Although Avery’s highly detailed etchings are inspired by myths, literature, and fairy tales, he is a master at spinning his own stories. His images reveal layer upon layer of symbolism and meaning. His work is a feast for the eye and a celebration of the etching medium. 

There's still time to visit his exhibition in person, if you get to New Grounds by April 25th.

Above: the plate David printed for our etching demonstration.

March Opening by our newest interns!

Visitors came to the New Grounds Printshop’s latest opening reception to view two new shows. “Three Mexican Masters in Printmaking,” featuring colorful etchings, and “Subtle Imprints” a multimedia show, received an admiring viewership. The artworks, along with a demonstration of Intaglio printmaking techniques by Regina Held, held viewers in fascination.

- Bethany Tabor

This past Friday New Grounds had yet another successful gallery opening. Showcasing three Mexican artists in New Grounds Gallery, while also showcasing two local artists Elizabeth Fritszche and Marilyn Dillard in Matrix Fine Art. People from all over New Mexico came to support and enjoy both local and international fine art. The founder and director, Regina Held, gave a quick yet informative demo on the process of etching. It is important to share the knowledge to our community to preserve the techniques of printmaking. At New Grounds we are eager to share and engage Albuquerque in our printmaking community! Stay tuned for our next opening and weekend workshops!

-Lizzy Taber

Heroes, Saints, and Expeditions

by: Jessica Cassyle Carr

Ray Maseman explains the etching process.

Ray Maseman heralded in Heroes, Saints, and Expeditions on the first Friday of February. The show, which runs through the end of the month, is the loyal artist’s ninth at New Grounds. Maseman’s newest collection of multiple plate etchings portrays lingering “meditations on existential questions of purpose, home, and the burdens and responsibilities of adulthood,” he explains in his artist statement. This existentialism is depicted through a lighthearted collection of animal characters engaged in a variety of brave odysseys and industrious undertakings.  A cavalry of carpenter penguins forges onward with their rulers, hammers, and saws. A contemplative ram and potted tree are adrift in a wooden boat. The characters’ activities are often set in vast ocean scenes, inspired by Maseman’s residencies afar in the Faroe Islands (an archipelago located between Iceland and Norway and north of Scotland) during the past two summers. Other scenes play out in desolate, jagged, ochre environments - an indirect reference to the New Mexico landscape.

Friday’s opening was a convivial evening - thank you to all of the art appreciators who attended. If you didn’t make the event, please stop by and ponder life’s purpose / see the show before the month’s end.

Maseman's daughters mingle with opening attendees.

Multiple plates await a printmaking demo

New Grounds artists joke around in the office.

Enjoying the social side of art

The artist and his daughter

The Making of Landscapes, Jacqui Lewnes' solo show

Jacqui Lewnes Stands in front of one of New Grounds' presses in preparation for her demonstration.
I am not alone in saying that I am very proud of Jacqui and admire her as an artist and as a person. Jacqui overcame many hardships with grace, perseverance, and a great sense of humor while creating beautiful, ethereal, and emotional monotype landscapes of New Mexico for her solo show this month at New Grounds.

Jacqui gives us a "serious and thoughtful" pose in front of two of her pieces. A great example of her playful personality.

Selfie time! Gallery Assitant Tanya, myself, and Jacqui take a quick photo together during the show.

In additon to Jacqui's show David Welch and his wife Cynthia Winster had a spectacular show in the Matrix gallery. David (in purple) speaks with a student and her parent in the front studio in New Grounds.

Director Regina Held stands with our new intern Jessica Carr near the entrance greeting guests as they arrive.

New Grounds artist and Local Treasure Mary Sundstrom leans against the press and speaks with a visitor.

A guest admires the work done by New Grounds artist and Serigraph instuctor Ren Adams

Former member and current art model Mike Rudal and his wife Wendy arrive to see Jacqui's show.

Guests gather in Matrix to take in work by David Welch and Cynthia Winster.

A crowd gathers to watch Jacqui's monotype demonstration. To watch the demo please click the links at the bottom of the page.

Photos and Blog by Kaitlin Reese, New Grounds intern.