Looking at one photograph at a time
Making a transition from using small (8x11-1/2") inkAID transfer film to the slightly larger (13x19") film size exposed how finicky and some of the underlying issues are with using the inkAID transfer process. The fact that my early small pigment ink transfers were completed in the Spring and the larger pigment ink transfers were made... Continue Reading →
Artichoke Thistle, Spring Transition (monotype version 3), copyright 2026 Douglas Stockdale Earlier this year I started working on a process of incorporating pigment ink transfers (inkAID) with my unique intaglio ink monotypes (prints). Regretfully, my first attempts at combing these two were not all that great, while I was learning a few things that might give... Continue Reading →
Urban Ashes, multi-media monotypes, copyright 2024 Douglas Stockdale - Wow, for the second consecutive issue of The Hand magazine, I have a full page feature of my artwork submissions. Last issue #46 featured my cyanotypes I made from photographs from my assignment in China in 2008, while for issue #47 (above), a bit different subject... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Entanglement series) 2024 copyright Douglas Stockdale – Over the holidays, I did some experimentation with polymer photogravure plate making and printing as a potential alternative process for my Urban Ashes project. Nevertheless, the first image I printed as a photogravure was from my Entanglement series, above, as my intaglio print coach recommended using an image that was... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Entanglement series) 2024 copyright Douglas Stockdale – After summarizing some of my 2024 accomplishments, sort of as a new years resolution, is looking ahead to some goals for 2025. Probably what is resonating with me right now is from a recent exchange with David Marsh that what we are working on now is Art Therapy, in as... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Entanglement series, No. 8847-1) copyright 2023 Douglas Stockdale – After realizing that my classic cyanotype pre-made chemicals have an expiration, I have spent the majority of January reprinting many of earlier cyanotype prints for my Entanglement series with 'fresh' solutions. Last week, while using another pair of classic cyanotype chemicals (solutions A&B) that I purchased last... Continue Reading →
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