Diner and La Rose updates

 

Okay.....so my intended update to this post took longer than expected.

I ran a second printing of the red which I had missed areas of initially and the second pass red is almost dry.  I gave it a touch test last night and it was still slightly tacky.  I realized that I'm also half way done with this piece which is pretty exciting.  

Here is an up close look at one of the letters.  Showing the neon tubing and the cast shadows on the yellow.  Beside it is a carved away "E".  I've removed all the "red" areas and have left only the areas that are the cast shadow from the pieces that hold the neon tubing away from the surface.  I've also carved away the area that needed the second red printing, but there is no use showing that as it was just a tiny vertical segment (in the image of the carved full block above...it's the vertical line on the right of the block...I merely widened it.)

Also......

Transferred the tracing of the La Rose Shop neon sign onto linoleum the other night and started tracing it in Sharpie Marker.  It is sized at 9x22 inches.  I originally was shooting for 10x22, but due to a cutting error with the linoleum I had to scale it down slightly.  I don't think that that is a bad thing though...the only thing that was actually lost was just some brick work.

This piece appears to be no more than maybe 5 or 6 colors..probably six, but we'll see. 

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Diner printed and a new project started!

So after purchasing some new ink and hoping for the best with the yellow, I finally got to use my new press for the first time the other night.  I was very excited to actually get to use the press and can't wait to really get things rolling.  Above is the current printed color for the Diner print and I'm currently involved in carving away the yellow areas which is a little more tedious than I hoped, but I caught some areas that I probably would have missed which is good.

Shortly after printing the first color and cleaning off the linoleum, I grabbed my carving tools and got started working.  I really hope that I'll be able to print this coming Thursday, but that will all depend on whether or not the ink dries enough.

 

My progress so far has been pretty good and carving shouldn't take too much longer I think.  Maybe another hour or so of straight carving and I should be ready to print.

If not....then I can always finish the tracing portion of the La Rose Shop which is located in my hometown of Greensburg, PA.  This sign probably hasn't seen actual use in a couple decades and the building that it adorns is currently under renovation and I'm really, really hoping that the sign also gets fixed up and lit up again.

Either way...whether I get to print or not, I'll still have some kind of work to do on Thursday.  Feels good to get things moving again.

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