In Progress Pattern

I began this project before some of the previously posted works, however this piece is a work in progress. As I began I only wished to create a repeating pattern, a larger undertaking then I had anticipated.

The first square (below), took at least 40 hours to carve and even longer to register. I do not have a photo of the bird 4-up repeating on all sides at the moment.

After completing the first set of prints I decided to expand upon this repeating pattern, ultimately choosing to make a series of 12 plates. The second one which took just as long, repeats onto its self as well and was quite easier to register when printing.
Below is the print of this concept so far. Am working on 4 more plates this summer and hoping to complete the series by next year.

Mezzotint

Towards the ending of this past year I chose to try my hand at Mezzotinting (its a pretty epic technique, were classmates call me insane for trying), completing a 6" by 4" rectangle. Sadly as it was the ending of the year I rushed through the actual illustrating phase and randomly used different tools to mark it up. Printing 4 proofs on some scrap paper and changing the second plate each time, which is the scrapes that get more intense each time.

This summer I am in the process of preparing another plate and will hopefully not epically fail when transferring my design to the plate.

Elephant Print

Expanding on my linoleum skill I spent my next term playing with my cutting skills and

created this piece.

Woodcut

The last assignment in the intro class was another two colored, carved away woodcut. I lost a lot of the details that were included at first and grew quite mad when trying to make my tiny cuts.