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Circle Swirls: Drawing and Linocut

27/08/2016 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: JT | In: Art, drawing, Pattern, Printmaking

My newest relief print is based on the drawing “Circle Swirl” from my Patterns of Obsession series. Printed in an edition of 10 by Brent Bond at Santo Press, it is another laser-cut linocut. It amazes me how precisely the laser-cut can be on the linoleum’s surface. I am pretty thrilled with how it turned out. Soon I will be adding a digital color layer to the print making it into something else entirely. Can’t wait to get that started! It’s going to be so much fun to see how it evolves with color.

First, the drawing:

Circle SwirlCircle Swirl; 2016; graphite on Stonehenge paper; 16″ x 16″ image size; 22″ x 22″ paper size. POR

And the print:

Circle Swirl by Janet Towbin Circle Swirl; 2016; Laser-cut linocut; edition of 10; 16″ x 16″ image size; 23″ x 22″ paper size. $400.00

And here is a little teaser for you…my computer rendering (it’s a work in progress–the specific colors may change) of how I intend to add color to the print. Keeping my fingers crossed it will compare to what I can do in Photoshop.

 

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May 14 2016

New Work: Circle Swirl

14/05/2016 | Comments: 7 | Posted by: JT | In: Art, drawing, Pattern

I just completed a new drawing called Circle Swirl. It is the first in what I hope will be a small sub-series of my Patterns of Obsession drawings. There are about 3 more preliminary sketches on my studio wall waiting their turn on the drawing board. This Swirl sub-series began with a rather small sketch I did years ago with a Sharpie pen, which I recently photographed. The digital file was then manipulated into several far more complex patterns. The resulting manipulated image was then drawn on paper using graphite pencil, the result of which you see below.

In the next month or two, Circle Swirl will be converted into a laser-cut linocut at Santo Press. It will be printed in several editions with variations of color in an 8″ square format. Additionally, I plan to hand-cut a large linoleum block (16″ square) which will also be printed at Santo Press. Thank God for Brent Bond! He doesn’t know it yet, but I want to use a rainbow roll behind the patterned image similar to the 2 editions we collaborated on in 2015;  Leaf Stripes (Dark) & Leaf Stripes (Light) .

As you can see, I’ve got big plans!

Circle SwirlCircle Swirl, 2016, graphite on paper, 16″ x 16″ on Stonehenge paper 22″ x 22″

Circle Swirl (detail)Circle Swirl (detail)

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Web of Cosmic Proportions

19/01/2016 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: JT | In: Art, drawing

This drawing took me a lot longer to complete than I thought it would. But, it is finally finished! One little triangle led to another and another and another until the whole sheet of paper was covered. There must be thousands of triangles in what I now call Cosmic Web, a “Web Series” drawing of cosmic proportions. It was drawn with a rapidograph pen/India ink on Stonehenge paper, 22″ x 30″.

Cosmic Web Ink drawing by Janet TowbinCosmic Web; 2016; India ink on paper; 22″ x 30″

Cosmic Web in progress ink drawing by Janet TowbinCosmic Web (drawing in progress)

Cosmic Web Ink drawing (detail) by Janet TowbinCosmic Web (detail)

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New in The Patterns of Obsession Series: Mirrored Swirls

23/11/2015 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: JT | In: Art, drawing, Pattern

I finally completed a new drawing yesterday in my Patterns of Obsession series called Mirrored Swirls. The idea of it has been haunting (or intimidating?) me for well over a year and I finally decided to sit down and do it. The “mirrored swirls” concept has also been utilized in a print (or two) and was the subject of a much smaller drawing a while back.

But here is the BIG one in all her glory! It is graphite on paper, image size 16″ x 16″ (paper 22″ x 22″).

Mirrored Swirls

 

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