SGCI FLUX

I had the honor of going to SGCI, the printmaking conference with my professor, Mary Farell and two amazing classmates, Becca and Shannon.

The conference was four days and included demonstrations and lectures from dozens of talented artists. I couldn't believe how much there was to learn!

While it might not have been the most helpful "demonstration" for my style of printmaking, the steam rolling printing was by far the most entertaining! Underneath that monster of a machine is a sheet of plywood, a slab of foam, an inked up sheet of metal cut into a fun design, and finally the paper at which they are printing on!

Even though we went to about a dozen galleries, I might have taken more pictures of the ridiculously amazing food in Portland, Oregon! The meal with the egg on top was this mixture of fried potatoes, burnt cheese, onions and peppers topped with an over-fried egg. I have to say that I ate the entire thing and could have eaten a bucket (the technical term, I'm sure) more!

The University of Hawaii teamed up with Portland State University to make this stunning series of prints that depict a portion of the Milky Way Galaxy... I geeked out like crazy. The print on the very bottom right is now in my possession!

You can't really tell in the picture but there were several blacked out parts... they told me that the US government wouldn't let them show those. My theory is aliens.