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* OCTOBER 6TH, 2018 *

CALL TO PRINTMAKERS

CONVOCATORIA ABIERTA A GRABADORES

Check out the Overall Summary of What has happened so far!

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Print editions are coming in; printmakers are still signing up!

Print Editions Delivered!

By Joshua Woodhall and Gonzalo Espinosa,

from the Sculpture Resource Center in Tucson

Still working in Oaxaca,

such as this edition by Alarii Mendoza Garcia

(from Instagram)

And working hard in Monterry, Mexico,

at Taller La Catrina

(from Instagram)

EXHIBITING THE PREVIOUS 

HORNED TOAD PRINT EXCHANGE

At the Seedboat Gallery, during the month of October 2018, we will be showing the second print exchange  -- Horned Toad II -- in Silver City, New Mexico.  The opening on October 5th, kicks off the Southwest Print Fiesta:  5 - 8 PM.  

Southwest Print Fiesta 2018

in Silver City, New Mexico

Print by Juan de Dios Mora,

of the Horned Toad II Print Exchange,

showing during the Southwest Print Fiesta

Press Release for the Horned Toad II print exchange exhibit in Silver City.

Our exhibition is at the Seedboat Gallery 

-- 214 W Yankie Street --

The headlining exhibit at the Seedboat Gallery,

is called "Power of Print,"

of political prints and posters

Also, the Arizona Print Group
is exhibiting at Light Art Space,
opening the next night,
Saturday, Oct 6th, 5 - 7 PM  --
Light Art Space owned by Karen Hymer

The main event, ie the print sale on Saturday, Oct 6th, features a lot of printmakers that we have been working with:

Vendor Map
for the Southwest Print Fiesta 2018

During that same weekend, there will be a city wide Red Dot art show in Silver City -- Oct 5 -8.

City wide art show in Silver City

at the same time as the Southwest Print Fiesta

UPDATE:  We had a great turn out for the Horned Toad II Print Exchange for the opening on October 5, 2018, during the Southwest Print Fiesta in Silver City.  We look forward to similar exhibitions for the Ambos Lados International Print Exchange.

Horned Toad II Print Exchange opening

in Silver City, New Mexico

for the Southwest Print Fiesta

Meanwhile, in Lubbock, Carlos Hernandez and company are showing prints the same weekend.

LUBBOCK Printϟlingers on the High Plains --

Get Prints from John Hancock, Dennis McNett, Dirk Fowler,

Carlos Hernandez, Amber Kaiser, 

Tess Doyle, Bird Bonez, and more... 

3D PRINTED PRINTING PRESS

In Silver City, we hope to debut the 3D printed printing press -- aka Open Press Project, DIY Printing Press -- the plans were downloaded for free from Thingiverse.

Manuel Guerra

holding the 3D printed printing press

in El Paso

Joshua Pederson of QueLab hackerspace in Albuquerque,

printed out all the parts on his 3D printer,

and assembled them 

Fab Lab El Paso was also interested in 3D printing a printing press.  If it works well, it would be a great quick and slick way of demonstrating the whole intaglio printmaking process.

Manuel Guerra

cutting mini-blankets for 

the mini 3D printing press

ELECTRO-ETCHING DISASTER

We were also experimenting in electro-etching.

First electro-etching experiment

at QueLab in Albuquerque

Print Demo Idea

Perhaps we could laser cut an image into some small 1 x 1 inch copper squares.  We could not do this directly.  We would have to first spray paint the copper plates with  high heat spray paint.  Then we could laser cut the squares, taking only the paint off.

Next we would electro-etch the small squares, using a cell phone charger.  We would have to make sure that we beveled the edges of the plates.

Then we could make prints with the etched plates, on the 3D printed printing press.  Perhaps if we used Akua intaglio inks, the prints would be "dry" enough to take away.

Imagine, a mini print exchange, using the 3D printed printing press.  That is, if this whole process even works.