Little Press and Frond

little etching press

tiny Frond copper plate

First print of Frond on Hahnemuhle German etching paper

Penland !!

Hooray ! I will be once again attending a Winter Residency at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina!

The residency will be spent editioning my etched plates in the printmaking studio, and working in the letterpress studio to print woodblocks, set type, and continue creating. Stay tuned for updates and new work!

plates under construction #1

adding trees to a plate

tree detail with sassafras leaves and bladder-nut pods

Radar Poetry Issue #3!

http://www.radarpoetry.com/

My work is featured here!

http://www.radarpoetry.com/chasing-frogs

http://www.radarpoetry.com/signs-and-symptoms-may-include-delusions

Summer's Steeping

a proof of an etching I am currently working on!

My artwork has been recently featured in RADAR POETRY, click on the links to view!

http://www.radarpoetry.com/signs-and-symptoms-may-include-delusions
http://www.radarpoetry.com/chasing-frogs

Cyanotypes

Lately I have been experimenting with alternative processes in photography.
Here are some of my latest cyanotypes.

Enjoy!

Spire - Intaglio Print release

On a backpack trip in Utah's Canyonlands National Park, I was captivated by the red and golden hues of the geoligical formations there. Here is a sample of my observations.

Spire - intaglio print with chine colle
Inspired by the rock formations of Utah's Canyonlands National Park

Salt Print Tests

Here are some samples of my latest Salt Prints - They are printed using printmaking papers coated in a salt solution, and then activated with Silver. The prints are exposed with UV light or sunlight.

Eric gathering Snow Melt

Liriodendron

seeds of the Tulip Tree ( Liriodendron ) are blown away

plate

proof of the plate

Check back soon!

FOLKTALES & LEGENDS An Exhibition Without Borders

FOLKTALES & LEGENDS
An Exhibition Without Borders

I am excited to have my etching "Village Music" included in FOLKTALES & LEGENDS: An Exhibition Without Borders, which opens this spring at the Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.  

Over the last few years, I have been inspired by my family's connection to former Czechoslovakia. I am Czech & Slovak - of both nations.  Czechoslovakia has not existed since Slovakia became its own nation in 1993. Even though these places have different languages, cultures, and identities, they are forever in my life intertwined.

On a bicycle tour through Eastern Slovakia, I fell in love with the flora, and the wooden architecture.
I was amazed by the loudspeakers, which from times before were made to announce news and events.
During our bike ride, polkas emerged from the speakers.

Village Music - hand-colored intaglio print 

oaky preview

some snapshots of my latest proof!

Moon Cloud print release!

Moon Cloud - intaglio print (relief roll) 2014 by Elizabeth Claire Rose

Moon Cloud - inspired by moonlight hiking in Montana

{printing at Penland School of Crafts during my 2013 winter printmaking residency}

Thanks to Rory Sparks, I was able to realize some of my printmaking visions!

the form on the letterpress
hand-set type and dingbats are locked onto the press bed
and printed to form the prints below

Sphyrapicus varius prints
(yellow-bellied sapsucker)
letterpress and relief print

 

Sphyrapicus varius

Dream - Letterpress & Relief print

Letterpress broadside created from my poem, printed on a Vandercook press at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina, and completed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania!

21st Street Coffee & Tea, Strip District, Pittsburgh

some of my etchings which are on display

good friends and fellow printers show their support

Silver Wings

Silver Wings - intaglio print with chine colle (c) Elizabeth Claire Rose 2014

inspired by migrating snow geese,

a close up

A tribute to the Illinois Sand Prairie

Sand Prairie - intaglio print by Elizabeth Claire Rose 2012

Here are some of my personal favorites: 

http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/parks/r4/sand.htm

http://dnr.state.il.us/conservation/naturalheritage/prairie/sand.htm

http://dnr.state.il.us/inpc/directory/sitefiles/area5/sanma.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revis_Hill_Prairie

If you are from Illinois, or visit Illinois and have never been, look it up! Go!

Plate

Here you can see the reverse process of printmaking.  

Everything drawn on this plate will be reversed when printed.

I am currently drawing on this plate using an etching needle, I remove the "ground" or coating.

Once I have completed this process, I will etch this plate using ferric chloride.

With the completed plate, I will print an edition.

Check back soon!