New Leaf Editions

Liquid Metal Guitars

noreply@blogger.com (New Leaf Editions) — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:53:00 +0000

Over the last few months New Leaf has collaborated with custom guitar creator Liquid Metal Guitars to create a series of etched aluminum guitars.

A shot of a guitar back etching

Water droplet pattern resist in between etches

A proposed Snake Skin Guitar design

Here you can see how the guitar appears during etching, the blue film is Puretch and acts a resist from the acid. The film is holding up very well considering how hot the plate becomes during etching.

You can see just how feisty the etchant reacts with the aluminum in this video, the shimmering you can see on camera is the acid bubbling and releasing fumes. At the end the plate had become so hot Peter had to drop it and cool it with water

And the final step, cleaning the Guitar post etching, this was done with a splash of lacquer thinner, note how the puretch shrivels up and pops off in some places when in contact with the solvent. The finished Guitar back is starting to reveal itself

The final piece.

Above you can see the plate dropped in the ferric chloride and see the reaction taking place underneath. The reaction slowly becomes visible through the sludge in an almost perfect image of the text. Below Are images of the etching, note the disconcerting swirling fumes.

The finished Guitar back with "Liquid Metal" text

And finally our most recent guitar: A custom drawing of a Great Dane, exposed into puretch and etched again with ferric chloride into a full guitar body.

The finished guitar body and below: a print pulled from the guitar by inking and printing as an intaglio plate. We are tempted to print this in relief... more to come.

Peter travels to Pangnirtung, Baffin Island

noreply@blogger.com (New Leaf Editions) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:09:00 +0000

Journey to the Arctic Circle

In September 2011 Peter traveled to the city of Pangnirtung on Baffin Island to train Inuit print makers of different skill levels his techniques.
Recruited by the Kyra Fisher, General Manager of the Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts & Crafts, Peter spent an entire month surrounded by the landscape and artists of the north.

While there he met Matty McNair, of North Winds Polar Expeditions.
Above: the Arctic Adventure and Polar Expedition leader over looks the landscape

The Print Training

Above: Jolly, Eena, Becky, and Ann in the studio

Peter brought his own set of methods to the Inuit artists and printmakers, working with the artists there to translate their images into prints. Below is a spackled plexiglass plate capturing the gesture of the artist's marks around the airplane shapes.

And although Peter traveled there to teach he learned a couple tricks himself from the artist's there.
Below: Andrew waxing sheets of Mayfair Paper for stencil printing.

And on Peter's return, in the collaborative spirit of New Leaf Editions, we began printing the first half of the collagraph type spackle print, created by artist Elisapee Ishulutaq, to be sent back to the Pangnirtung studio and finished by a printer with stencil techniques.

This complicated little viscosity print involves inking the plate with stiff ink in the recessed areas and wiped clean, then surface rolled with a loser ink over top. If done correctly the two colours don't mix and no transfer occurs on the roller.

The other prints New Leaf has been working on for Artist Elisapee Ishulutaq are the little warrior men below

New Leaf created softground/spit bite plates to capture the character of her drawings as closely as possible, the two original drawings are in the middle. Above and below are the prints we created after the drawings.
Below: Lesley spit bites a total of six plates to mimic the soft crayon pastel drawings

Here you can see the original drawing and below it the print

Below: The printing sequence, three plates a la poupee

Above: The little warrior wall

Greg Murdock

noreply@blogger.com (New Leaf Editions) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:02:00 +0000

The past three weeks at New Leaf have been printing a three plate etching, à la poupée for artist Greg Murdock.
Below Lesley inks up the black plate

Here Mariya is inking up the second plate, a combo of orange and blue grey:

Multi-Plate Registration:

Sometimes it takes two!

Above Lesley marks registration

Ta-da! Its the Murdock wall

Copper Tree

noreply@blogger.com (New Leaf Editions) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:57:00 +0000

This week at New Leaf we've been resurrecting an old project in need of sprucing up (no pun intended).
Back in 2004 New Leaf Editions began collaborating with Metz&Chew of Muse Atelier to create an architectural detail outside the Surrey Public Library in South Surrey/White Rock .
The project began from scratch, with Peter prepping the plates for Nancy Chew and Jacqueline Metz to work directly on with sugarlift.

Next Nancy and Jacqueline traced out where the sugar lift should be painted...
And the image area was painted with sugar lift, then prepped for etching
(this one is tricky to see but mylar has been fixed to the large areas of the plate not to be etched, and another area painted with hardground)
(This picture is after the image area has lifted away, and the pressure washer is removing the last bits)
This custom made tray held the ferric chloride and the plate during etching. The plates are so large the setup had to be moved outside. (Detail below)

Once the plates were etched and held ink, the plates were printed on Japanese Tissue (Masa) and attached piece by piece to ultimately create a huge 5 by 15 foot print

Which then needed to be framed...
However, seeing as no one in town could frame so large an image, New Leaf set to work creating a custom frame.
Including custom milled moulding

Which brings us up to present day!

Recently the plates have been pulled from the library walls to be cleaned. We are taking this time to paint the image area with a black enamel paint and patina the copper surface to a golden nut brown colour.

Here Mariya is carefully painting away

More to come on our progress...

BIMPE VII

noreply@blogger.com (New Leaf Editions) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:01:00 +0000

Hello everyone,

BIMPE VII at long last is open for entry, we are accepting submissions online and the old fashioned way (paper entry form).

See all the details at www.BIMPE.com

Rawr

noreply@blogger.com (New Leaf Editions) — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:18:00 +0000

Artist Erik Olson visited the studio during his summer stay in Vancouver and made a juicy drypoint intaglio print while he was at it.

Here Erik scratches away on the face of a copper plate...

...to create the velvety print below, titled "White Tiger".

What have we been up to?

noreply@blogger.com (New Leaf Editions) — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:37:00 +0000

Many, many things. This spring has been bananas! and in the best way. Loads of printing to be done and extra hands to help out = a happy studio.

Ross Penhall
Reflected Corner

Ross Penhall just finished a print for Artist for Kids titled Reflected Corner: a four plate mezzotint/etching printed on black Somerset paper.
We've been printing non-stop for the unveiling of the print at the Artist for Kids Gallery in conjunction with Penhall's STUDIO - a show celebrating Ross's accomplishments over the last 25 years.

Above: A stopped out plate ready for etching, Chris and Lesley proofing (after printing 2 of 4 plates), Peter and Lesley proofing (after printing 3 of 4 plates).

BIMPE Buzz

noreply@blogger.com (New Leaf Editions) — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:54:00 +0000

BIMPE VI might be over but the buzz is still abound.........

We heard about a blurb in New Trail Magazine, a University of Alberta Alumni magazine, about the BIMPE show's third place prize winner Sergio Serrano.
Below is an excerpt from the magazine....

This piece called “Transmutation” by Sergio Serrano, ’09 BDes, was the third-place winner in the sixth annual Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition. The approximately 900 entries came from all over the world with this year’s first-place winner from Bulgaria while second-place went to an American.

“I was pretty excited when I found out I’d won,” says Serrano, whose print is a variation of a piece from a larger work — an artist’s book inspired by The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges. “The 20 prints in the book are illustrations of obscure objects representing various imaginary beings with strong symbolic ties to alchemy,” he says. “The last illustration is the Ouroboros — traditionally, a serpent devouring its own tail, often used to represent the cyclical nature of the alchemists’ work.

“Transmutation is the transformation of one thing into another, in particular of common metals into gold or silver. The print of this same name shows the Ouroboros — illustrated as a strange, gear-like object — motionless and suspended in an ambiguous space. The words below it and the marker in between them suggest a state of transformation but do not hint at the specifics of the change.”

Congrats again Sergio!

To see the original article, click here

Cool enough to blog about

noreply@blogger.com (New Leaf Editions) — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:17:00 +0000

While we were in Toronto for Printopolis we spied some pretty cool posters for Ray-Ban the eyewear company

"Now, Ray-Ban is proud to introduce Rare Prints, a collection of colorful new patterns. To launch these new Rare Prints, we collaborated with some of the world's best print makers to design posters inspired by each of the different patterns. What resulted is a truly unique set of limited edition posters, signed and numbered by the artists."

Artwork was produced by Vahalla Studios in Kansas City

Printopolis!!!

noreply@blogger.com (New Leaf Editions) — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:35:00 +0000

Hey Everybody,

We are going to Printopolis this next week, stay tuned for pics and stories of our travels.

Waterless Litho TWO? oh my....

noreply@blogger.com (New Leaf Editions) — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:34:00 +0000

Intro to Waterless Lithography Part II

Taught by Chris Dunnett

Hosted by New Leaf Editions (1370 Cartwright St., Granville Isle)

We are once again putting our feelers out to see how many people would be interested in this 2 day weekend workshop.

Proposed dates are for the weekend of the 16th and the 17th of October.

The course will cover:

Using recycled aluminum plates, household silicone and a wide variety of drawing materials, this workshop will introduce students to the process of waterless lithography. We will cover the basics of plate preparation, processing and printing as well as more advanced topics of multi-color registration, transfers, intaglio techniques and the making of your own drawing materials.

The flexibility, forgiveness and non-technical nature of this process makes it ideal for those without a printmaking background to explore the expressive possibilities of print.

Proposed fee for the workshop: $200.00 Materials Included

More about Chris:

Chris is a print-maker and recent graduate from NSCAD University. He has worked as the print technician at Queen’s University and interned as a printer at Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop in New York City. Currently, Chris is the recipient of the Summer Student Scholarship at Malaspina Printmakers on Granville Island where he is working on a series of copperplate engravings depicting the ‘human passions.’

If you are interested, contact New Leaf Editions ASAP!: 604 689 9918

Email: newleafeditions@telus.net,

www.newleafeditions.com

BIMPE moves to Dundarave

noreply@blogger.com (New Leaf Editions) — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:57:00 +0000

The Sixth Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition or BIMPE VI for short, is moving to its new location for the month of October. Dundarave is opening its doors on Wednesday the 6th and is displaying the prize winners, honourable mentions and a portion of the show.

The Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition (BIMPE) presents original prints made by three hundred artists from around the world, and is an opportunity for artists from all over the world to demonstrate the vitality of printmaking. The display of these original prints, created with techniques ranging from etching, woodcut, silk-screen, linocut, to digital, provides Vancouverites the rare opportunity to view a collection so international in scope.

The show moves next to the SNAP Gallery (Society of Northern Alberta Printmakers) in Edmonton for the month of November.

BIMPE is the result of the combined effort of New Leaf Editions, Dundarave Print Workshop and the Society for Contemporary Works on Paper.

Event: Sixth Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition (BIMPE VI)

Dates: Oct 6th – 31st, 2010

Venue: Dundarave Print Workshop, 1640 Johnston St, Granville Island, Vancouver

Gallery Hours: Wednesday to Sunday 11 am – 5 pm

Information: www.bimpe.com

Waterless Lithography Course

noreply@blogger.com (New Leaf Editions) — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:11:00 +0000

Our Waterless Lithography course was a hit, and we have the pics to prove it. We learned how to make waterless litho plates out of old commercial offset plates that usually just get thrown away.

We drew on them with all sorts of toner washes and sharpie pens, ballpoint pens, charcoal, etc. And all worked out beautifully. The process is so beautiful and so fun we might just have to offer a level two course... stay tuned for updates regarding our Waterless Litho Reprise

Annnnd ofcourse it ended in us making T-shirts! And yes, waterless litho prints like a dream on American Apparel Jersey Cotton Tees

BIMPE VI Winners

noreply@blogger.com (New Leaf Editions) — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:07:00 +0000

If you are looking for the BIMPE VI winners and honourable mentions, please click here!

BIMPE VI Opening

noreply@blogger.com (New Leaf Editions) — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:52:00 +0000

The BIMPE Opening was huge! the wine and beer was flowing and the snacks were disappearing, and the 260 visitors were amazing. Thankyou to everyone who was able to make it to the opening and making the night such a success!

BIMPE VI Opening

noreply@blogger.com (New Leaf Editions) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:23:00 +0000

Hi Everyone,

The BIMPE VI Opening will be held at:

The Federation Gallery, Sept 11th, 2010 from 6 to 9pm.

We hope you all can come out and show your support for these international printmakers.
We are proud to offer a catalogue with a printed record of the entire show that will be available at the show for the first time as we announce this year's prize winning prints and give out their prizes.

Also, we have a new sponsor this year that is providing some fantastic gifts that we are going to have a raffle going for at the night of the opening.

Hope to see you all there!

Upcoming Show

noreply@blogger.com (New Leaf Editions) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:29:00 +0000

Hello all,

Our friend, loyal BIMPE minion, photographer and client Rosamond Norbury is having an exhibition:

Under the Shadow of Cranes
Work by Rosamond Norbury and Susan Gransby

Presented by
Leighdon Studio Gallery
190 West 3rd Ave, Vancouver BC
www.leighdon.ca

So go check it out!
Opening on Friday August 6th, 6 to 8pm

*Note, the show is open from the 3rd to the 28th of August.

Also, there is an Artists' Talk on the 21st of August, 12pm to 2pm

Waterless Lithography Workshop

noreply@blogger.com (New Leaf Editions) — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:32:00 +0000

Hello everybody,

We hope you are making the most of this gorgeous weather!

This post is regarding a proposed workshop this summer.

Intro to Waterless Lithography
Taught by Chris Dunnett

Chris is a print-maker and recent graduate from NSCAD University. He has worked as the print technician at Queen’s University and interned as a printer at Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop in New York City. Currently, Chris is the recipient of the Summer Student Scholarship at Malaspina Printmakers on Granville Island where he is working on a series of copperplate engravings depicting the ‘human passions.’

So we are putting our feelers out to see how many people would be interested in this 2 day weekend workshop for this August. Proposed dates are for the weekend of the 28th and the 29th of August. BUT, this depends on your input, we wont run a workshop if no one is around to take it, so send us an email and let us know if you are interested.

The workshop will cover a basic intro to waterless lithography with aluminum plates, using direct drawing methods or film positive photo exposure methods. We will be printing with two Takach etching presses (surprised that we are printing litho with etching presses? take the class to learn how!)

Proposed fee for the workshop: $150.00 Materials Included!

Any takers?

Please let us know by the end of July!

Its Bamboo

noreply@blogger.com (New Leaf Editions) — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:01:00 +0000

Ok so its definitely Bamboo and has it ever exploded into branches. The stalk brought two friends along for the ride and the three of them have dominated the entry way.

And our flag, fully supported by the bamboo now, is inching toward the sky...
If you listen carefully you can hear it growing...
We don't want to have to dig it up but the reality is that the bamboo's time is limited.

Peter will wage war with it this fall, this shop isn't big enough for the two of them.

Its him or the bamboo. FIGHT!

T-Shirt Printing!

noreply@blogger.com (New Leaf Editions) — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:27:00 +0000

On Canada Day we at New Leaf, were influenced by Drive by Press. We owe them a huge debt of gratitude for inspiring us to do our own guerrilla print operation. We actually got a pretty big crowd.

"$Thankyou$Thankyou$Thankyou$ (Print is not dead, people love to see it)" -Peter

We inked up leaves and ran them through the press onto T-shirts and Bags. People were even supplying the shirts off their backs

These pictures are a bit dark but you get the idea...

Crown Point Press Workshop

noreply@blogger.com (New Leaf Editions) — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:31:00 +0000

Crown Point Press Workshop

This June Lesley took off for ten days to beautiful Fransisco!

But as if that wasn't exciting enough for one trip, she also had the pleasure of attending a crown point press workshop, to soak up the print vibes and learn from the pros.

And the pros were out! ready to help us do our thing for 5 days of self directed studio time. The master printers gave us a demo on the etching basics, how they cut, deburr, degrease and aquatint a plate, then they turned us loose on the studio and away we went, spit-biting, soap-ground painting and sugar lifting like crazy.

And maybe going a bit crazy ourselves,

And the print wall began to get crowed as everybody tried as many techniques as possible in the allotted time

But we didn't stop

No rest for the wicked

A huge thank you to the print gurus that devoted their time to us for those five days, to share secrets and help us when we got lost
(what step am I on? I need to put the rosin aquatint on this FIRST?)

I am very jealous of my printing cohorts that got to stay another week.
I have a feeling our paths may cross again in the future (maybe next year????????)

BIMPE VI

noreply@blogger.com (New Leaf Editions) — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:18:00 +0000

BIMPE VI Jurying results

Hi Everybody,

The jurying for BIMPE VI is complete, and we are ready to publish the results.
If you name is on the list then you've made it.
A huge thank you to everyone who applied, we are so happy to have received the volume of prints we did.
Keep checking back here for more information about the show.

Acevedo, Pavel
Agathe, Piroir
Ando, Mariko
Aparicio, Fernandez-German
Arce, Georgina
Armitage, Gillian
Ashcraft-Johnson, Beverly
Azalgara, Carolina
Baggaley, Tom
Baldwin, Daemon
Bellos, Naomi
Boucher, Cecile
Brodie, Jim
Brown, Genevieve
Bulas, Patrick
Candela, Erin
Casnellie, Christina
Chalfin, Liz
Chavez, Ceasar
Choi, Luciane
Clifford, David
Cornell, Deborah
Craig, Briar
Curry, Mark
Cushnie, John
Cywicki, Lukasz
Daigle, Lillianne
Derda, Agata
Djordjevic, Milos
Dotto, Gerry
Dowling, Grainne
Early, Susan
Ernsten, Jo
Feil, Randie
Flanagan, Aidan
Forrest-Chan, Amanda
Gaby-Trotz ,Anna
Gilleece, Ann
Gillet, Catherine
Gimene, Santa Maria
Gleave, Tania
Godoy, Roberto
Golomb, Leslie
Goo, Sooyeon
Graver, Mark
Grimson, Nathan
Grossett, Laura
Hanselaar, Marcelle
Hansen, Eric
Hodgson, Bethan
Horne, Bill
Hoyer-Winfield, Cole
Ho-You, Jill
Humphries, Clare
Ihaya, Tomoyo
Isaak, Tim
Jorge, Gonzalo Sebastian
Kalynka, Darlene
Kaplas, Leena
Karim, Selina
Karpenko, Mariya
Katell, Le Moigne
Khella, Sami
Kim, Hyun-Jin
Kim, Mi Hyang
Kirchner, Carol L
Kiso, Yoshiko
Kobayashi, Isao
Kolodziejczyk, Aneta
Krause, Edith
Kubiak, Prezemyslaw
Kunc, Karen
Kuster, K
Kwon, Hye-Jeong
Langevin, Guy
Layton, Aoife
Lee, Fung Yin
Lee, Elaine
Legrand, Luc
Lendvai, Peter
Liburn, David
Liebenberg, Amy
Lowry, Janet
Luce,
Lucic, Jankovic Ranka
Macalos, Glae Eva
Mackie, Laurie
Madeley, Joanne
Magnier, Armelle
Maki, Kinichi
Marinchevski, Veliko
Mattias, Lisa
May, Sherri
McCall, Ann
McGowan, Jen
Mckeown, Jill
Metzger, Richard
Milar, Shannon
Mitchell, Mitch
Mitsuhashi, Shinobu
Morosoff, Wendy
Motiwala, Rasheeda
Mount, Carolyn
Murillo, Michelle
Nadeau, Luc
Nadiya, Onyshchenko
Nartuhi, Kathleen
Ng, Judy
Nicolas, Poignon
Norbury, Rosamond
O'connor, Thom
Olmsted, Suzanne
Oneill, Gay
Patmore, Bobby
Pattern, Ken
Peart, Amelia Ann
Perry, Candice
Petersen, Adrianne
Pickles, Celia
Pinheiro, Andrea
Plamondon, Louise
Preston, Janet
Price, Marie
Pumar, Maria
Rabbit or Fish (Lydia Niewenkamp & Pam Lobb)
Radonjic, Simonidar
Rathje, Marja-Leena
Rezansoff, Lisa
Rice, Ethan
Ritchie, Jackie
Romanuck, Mary
Rosati, Kathryn
Russell, Anne
Saks, Reti
Salvator, Marilee
Savoy, Sarah
Scannell, Aire
Schatzmuller, Ute
Scuilla, Jason
Serrano, Sergio
Shaw, Gloria
Sheen, Jo-Hnn
Shiga, Yukiko
Simons, Stephen
Sipp, Geoff
Smolinski, Mikolaj
Snoch-Pawlowska, Alicja
Snyder, Barbara
Springer, Rafael
Steenbergem, J. Eric
Steffe, Gerald
Steinberg, William
Stephenson, Kelsey
Stewart, Catherine M.
Stone, Robert
Sugita, Masaaki
Sumi, Fumiko
Sutherland, Sabina
Suzuki, Tomomi
Syposz, Valerie
Taylor, Andrea
Taylor, Sylvia
Tokaryk, Wendy
Trimming, Veronique
Truck, Lopez
Tsoutsoura, Aspasia
Tsuboi, Fusano
Tsuritani, Kouki
Turner, Susan
Tuthill, William
Vezina, Lise
Vieira, Gabriel
Vilma,
Vivier, Juliette
Vodeva, Irma
Westergard, Jim
Wickware, Jared
Wilkinson, Cleo
Williams, Sandra
Wilmet, Laurent
Wilson, Nikkie
Winczek, Katarzyna
Wood, Deborah
Xue, Raine Yu
York, Sherrie
York, Gerri
Zeneli, Mayla
Zuev, Vladimir
Zwarts, Alice

I would like to note that we will not be posting which specific works submitted are included in the show, just that one of your three submissions are included. If only one of your prints are included, the other two will be with the Gallerie des Refuses.

And, as always, if there are any questions, comments or concerns, don't hesitate to contact us.

UMMMM......

noreply@blogger.com (New Leaf Editions) — Thu, 27 May 2010 22:46:00 +0000

OK so a big thanks to the people that wrote to us, through facebook and through email, answering for us what you think the plant is. (Peter: "Wow people actually read our blog?")
Once it grew a bit more it was undoubtedly Bamboo, which explains a lot...
I read a bit on Bamboo and it all seems to add up.
"Bamboo are the fastest growing woody plants in the world"

Well we have our very own jack and the beanstalk tale unfolding here.

When we last reported, the Bamboo was just below the height of the door (May 18th).
We are all very curious to see what happens. Peter has plans to attach the flag to the bamboo and watch it grow up up up! So the next time you're driving over the Granville St bridge, just look our way.

Drive By Press!

noreply@blogger.com (New Leaf Editions) — Thu, 27 May 2010 19:49:00 +0000

So the guys from Drive by Press drove on through with their press last week!
They brought a heck of a lot of stuff in that car of theirs...

The Malaspina walls and table tops were covered in prints that DrivebyPress has collected from over the years. The amount of talent and creativity was staggering, here is a small sample of the collection.

Along the table top was a collection of inky woodblocks, leaning on display and just begging to be printed.
So the idea is...

1. You pick your wood block (and your t-shirt OR bring your own...)

2. They ink the woodblock

3. They print the wood block

4. VOILA! You have a shirt!

5. Sprinkle some Unicorn tears on there and Bob's your mother's brother.

Thank you Drive By Press! and a big thanks to Malaspina Printmakers for hosting them

What $%^#@$%^ is that?????????

noreply@blogger.com (New Leaf Editions) — Wed, 19 May 2010 00:25:00 +0000

What $%^#@$%^ is that?????????

We are stunned by the sudden appearance of a mystery plant and we are wondering what in the world it is. It shot out of the ground a couple weeks ago next to the bamboo and it looks prehistoric. BUT the real shock came today when we looked at it and the thing has shot up to the height of the door.

It grew that much in 10 days.........
We will be following this plants development closely. If anyone has any guesses, advice or warnings, please help!