Two part linoleum plate with an insert for two color single pass printing

Printmaking techniques are so varied and vast. A simple go to printing exercise is to use linoleum plates and carving tools. Often I use several plates and register them in the inking process to get a layers of colors and information on one proof doing several passes. An easy way to do two or more colors on the same proof is to cut several pieces of a finished lino plate before or after carving the image. The following example shows how a plate was carved as a single image then a piece in the middle which described an outline of a ship and its reflection was separated from the base plate by carefully cutting out the shape then carefully treating the edges of both the cut out piece and the base piece for easy inertion after inking and easy removal after printing for the next round of inking.

Glass topped inking table with proof at top left and the base plate and cut out pieced together at bottom left

Detail of base plate (black) and cutout insert (orange?) about 10 x 5 inches after both base and insert were inked separately with different colors.

Upper left shows the base plate and cutout insert separated. The two first proofs had the black too viscous and the yellow was not defined as a color for my tastes. More ink was added to the black to stiffen it and a sienna was added to the yellow to give more definition to the cuts. A series of future prints will probably be printed in different colors in the future.

Good proof showing how strong and aligned the colors are when using the differential inking, in this case with a two color process.

Open Studio/Pop Up Gallery for the Artwork of Jon Taylor June 11-12, 2022 11am to 5pm

This house is being used as a temporary art studio.
Come say hi, visit and talk art from 11-5 pm Saturday and Sunday June 11 and June 12, 2022 at 3922 Corliss Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98103. Feel free to schedule an appointment if other times work better for you. More gallery pieces may be posted later.

Working configuration of Dining to Living

Working setup/display of finished works and works in progress in living area

Sewn and modified pet food lids and painted canvas on 16 x 24 inch raw canvas

Seven by water. Watercolor on 24 x 16 inch watercolor papaer

Acrylic paint and graphite on 16 x 24 inch panel referencing early morning flight over Amsterdam greenhouses.

Work in progress: The upper piece approximately 24 x 18 inches on Clearprint 1000H drafting paper with graphite and watercolor to experiment with additional shapes. Watercolor dehydration on this highly sized paper is interesting. The lines were drawn of the top piece on the translucent paper that was taped over the dried watercolor piece below. That upper piece has had a initial painting with the same watercolors used on the piece below. The piece below is on Canson 24 by 18 watercolor sheet from a tablet and has a graphite grid and lines.

This is a single pass double inked proof that will be part of the visit. More information on a lino plate with an insert for double color / single pass printing is on the next current blog post . The inked area is approximately 10 x 5 inches printed on a quarter sheet measuring approximately 15 x 11 inches.

Seattle Deconstructed Art Fair

I am happy this year to be part of a North End gallery space shows participating with the Seattle Deconstructed Art Fair at Barbara Robertson’s Garage Studio Gallery .

“For the Seattle Deconstructed Art Fair, August 2020, The Garage Studio Gallery will present a group exhibition of small works by Amanda Knowles, Ellen Sollod, Chris Crites, Barbara Noah, Gene Gentry McMahon, Jon Taylor, Robin Green, Sue Danielson, Dionne Haroutunian, Steph Harmon, David Hytone, Gretchen Van Dyke, Rachel Holloway, and me, Barbara Robertson. Reception on Saturday, August 15th, 2:00- 5:00 pm.”

The Garage Studio Gallery address is 1304 NE 63rd Street, Seattle, WA 98115 For appointment 206-327-2256

Please see the link for Barbara’s space and Barbara’s on going shows of artists she admires and helps at:

https://www.barbararobertsonart.com/garage.html

You can look at other galleries showing more artists participating in the Seattle Deconstructed Art Fair at:

https://www.seattledeconstructedartfair.com/

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For this event I am showing an 18 x 24 inch acrylic painting on panel, a slightly political notion of the times, maybe a glimmer of us all lending a hand to others. The title is “Community” and recalls real people in Mennonite and Amish groups that literally move buildings by hand showing physically and socially their strong commitment to others. Not to say everyone should live in these places or believe in what these communities teach overall, but wouldn’t it be better if we all pulled together in these times of cronyism, corruption, corporate greed, climate change, racism, sexism and wealth disparity. Let’s stop bowing down to the hopelessness, hate, ugliness and lies and come together and do what we all know is the best thing by helping each other.

The work is purposely simple, almost cartoon like in line, color, composition and graphic projection of the building. There is a dusky dusty feeling as the people labor to move this large structure. It is either early or late in the day to be a bit cooler and the people are almost faded out in the dust that ghosts their individuality to support the idea of moving something that at first seems insurmountable, but in reality just needs a coordinated effort to complete the task.

Community - Acrylic painting on panel 24 x 18 inches

New Linocuts available at the TAH online shop!

Taylor Art House is very excited about the recent linocut carving and printing of seven new series of prints with more cuts and variations coming soon. The success of recent mini sculpture sales and anticipation of linocuts arriving should make these unique and affordable pieces popular. A "pop-up" printmaking studio was set up in our heated dining and living room to push this group out for sales.  Great care was taken to make sure correct inks, paper and press leverage all acted together for a series of fresh, simple, direct and archival prints inspired by themes of home, work, place, water, flight and industry.

We are excited about adding color in some of the new series, but wanted to keep this set of prints simple and affordable.

Here are some of the linocuts (and other artworks) for sale at our online shop:

New Mini Sculptures being sold on the TAH online shop!

New Mini Sculptures are being sold on the Taylor Art House online shop. This will be a start at on-line sales that have had a great initial soft start and interest.

The items are a combination of steel and up-cycled Douglas Fir lumber that is anywhere from 60 to 120 years old gathered from various places and remodeling jobs around Seattle.  The steel is usually purchased from Pacific Industrial Supply and is pretty basic carbon steel.  Several buyers that have not been able to be at openings or other sales venues have asked to have smaller items they can keep for themselves or gift to others before they mature into larger purchases,. Some buyers have a bigger piece and want to have more of a keepsake  for them or loved ones. Hopefully pieces that aren't in other retail areas or shows will show up on this retail site as a temporary store before this website is reconstructed next year.  There will be other posts to describe some of the processes that go into these mini-pieces.

Here are some of the Mini-Sculptures we have for sale:

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Ballard Art Walk at Solo Ballard Lofts 8-9-2014

  Come see the exciting Ballard Lofts at Solo, and see some of the following art pieces, Saturday, August 9, 2014 from 6-9 pm at the Solo Lofts Sales Office 2041 NW 57^th St., Loft 103, 98107.  See the Solo Blog entry here.

This painting called Modifiers was the inspiration for several stainless steel and wood sculptures prepared for an six month grouping at the West Seattle Gatewood B and B at the beginning of 2014.

The subjects are publicly viewed and visited large utility structures imagined to purify air. They are made like nuclear cooling towers, but have some suspended lozenge that changes the molecular structure of the atmosphere for the better.

The painting is on a custom wood panel with an acrylic gesso base.  The lines are drawn and drafted with graphite and painted over many times with acrylic paint and gesso, then finished with a variety of sheens of gels.

The sculptures depict industrial - public - probably rural in nature and could be anything, but all have peaceful scientific roots,  with interpretive centers and docents to take groups through the facilities to have the public know where and how their tax dollars are being spent for peaceful, scientific and community enhancement.  Any of the pieces conjure a site and specific action and/or industry and often gather energy form the sky, ground or cosmic rays and refocus or disperse the energy.

Cedar Duo

See the Wood page for more sculptures and comments here.

Hot Glass in Steel Vessels

  These started out as an idea that the glass and steel would be annealed together and be as one, but the experts at Seattle Glassblowing said it would not work because of the incompatibility of thermal expansions of the materials. We used the steel structures as base forms and then either poured thick glass or blew shapes that could be removed.  These glass pieces were then annealed and will be joined into the steel structures.

A couple of these pieces will be on display with a couple of framed photographs of the 8x10 film factory sculpture for the

INSIDE - Art by Architects show from July 8 - August 22, 2014 at the:

AIA  Gallery AIA Seattle 1911 First Avenue Seattle, WA 98101 Tu-Fr 10-5

There will also be an opening for the show Friday July 11, 2014 from 5-7pm

http://www.aiaseattle.org/node/8909

This first image is showing final piece to be welded held with steel fingers:

This image shows the three welded vessels:

After molten glass is loaded into the steel vessel:

Here is the punti being formed to pick up glass out of vessel:

Punti pulling glass out of vessel:

Glass set into vessels, almost done - glass will be adhered to vessels, some vessels may be partially painted:

Gatewood B an B Second Thursday continues

Jon Taylor at Gatewood B and B West Seattle Second Thursday Art Walk 

May 8, and June 12, 2014

Come by this Thursday between 6 and 9pm to see Jon Taylor’s paintings, acrylic resin, welded steel and wood/stainless steel sculptures.

Sara Barton has put the extra effort into the Gatewood B and B in West Seattle to invite several artists to hang their work for sale as well as graciously opening up the second and third floors to display the artwork prominently in the sky lit upper lobby and some of the rooms.

There is always a nice spread of food and a welcoming by Sarah to show off the B and B and the art on Second Thursdays.

If you want to see the art on other days and and you want me to walk you through, please call me at 206-612-9863 to set up an appointment,  or you can call Sarah at 206-938-3482 to drop by at the  Gatewood B and B to view the the art next time you are in West Seattle.

Come see this great family run B and B and enjoy the art this Second Thursday May 8, 2014 and June 12, 2014 from 6-9pm.

The Gatewood Bed and Breakfast

7446 Gatewood Rd SW

Seattle, Washington, 98136, United States

stay@gatewoodwestseattle.com

206-938-3482

Wood and Stainless Steel Sculpture

These sculptures are a mix of the properties and aesthetics of the cedar, fir, basswood, cherry, maple or varieties of other woods and plywoods and how they are fastened and adhered together. The largest is 9x12x 7 inches high and the rest range down to a little bit less.  Five of them have truncated cones that have some kind of turned stainless steel lozenges custom milled by others.  The machine or apparatus of the stainless steel components and the turned wood structure could be used for energy or atmospheric modifications.  In some projects there are rumors of secretive or questionable practices by stealth government agencies and collaborations with large corporations or other countries.  Many years of driving around  Eastern Oregon, Washington and Idaho, the Willamette Valley in Oregon or near Yakima with vast expanses of land where every once in awhile is a dam in the hills, a ski resort, a power plant, bombing range or smudge pots and large blowers and recently large wind turbines. These real life observations coupled with an architectural background that included interpretive and learning centers for cultural, natural or scientific sites has led to some of the order and compositions of the sculpture.  Included in this post is a painting that also inspired this work.  These sculptures may be scanned someday and replicated in cast aluminum or bronze.  Certainly more wooden and /or metal sculptures will spring from these ideas.  Several finishes have been tried over the years to easily clean off the dust and grime. Hopefully this back to basics linseed oil and modified linseed oil will do the trick.  Some of these works will probably get a layer of spray paint or oil or acrylic paint applied before and sometimes after the oil finish. Several of these pieces will be displayed at the Gatewood B and B in West Seattle.

Photography Showcase at UW Medical Center

  If you missed the Opening Night of the Photography Showcase at UW Medical Center, the show will be running through November 20th, 2013. The show highlights the work from the year-long University of Washington’s Certificate for Photography program. Find out more on my Events page.

I am proud to be part of this great effort and show by my classmates!

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UW Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195 at their Sky Gallery on the Third Floor at the Main Lobby Level from August 20th until November 20th.