Teresa Castaneda is writing about the process Crinkleism in a guide book format, and expecting to publish in May 2003.Crinkleism is Ms. Castaneda’s personal discovery.
The
art of printmaking has developed vastly over the past 100 years, yet the
technique and materials remain the same. Ms. Castaneda's new process borrows materials and techniques from many different kinds of
printmaking. Drawing, lithography, and silk-screening participate in Ms.
Castaneda’s art. Her print is pulled as a monotype and never reworked.
The art of printmaking involves:1)
Concept and Design-The idea, style and
sketch are the beginning.
2)
Formulation and
Registration- Formulation is mixing a
palette (in this case a selection of 50 colors) to the right consistency
in order to avoid ink runs when a wet sheet of paper is laid on top.
Formulation is also
the pressure of the rollers on the ink and paper. Registration is the care
given to the work before the print is ever pulled. The plate is always
designed to be in the same place on the press, the paper in the same
place, therefore the image is always centered.
3)
Creation-Fifteen hours of painting and
the artist is on her way to pulling her first of four prints.
4)
Pulling-Pulling is the act of placing a
well-soaked sheet of cotton rag paper (in this case Rives BFK 22”x30”)
on the plate. Ms. Castaneda places blankets on top of the paper and plate
and through the etching press it goes.
The double rollers impress the original painting into the paper.
Ms. Castaneda lifts the blankets, lifts the paper off of the plate, and
the pulling of the original hand pulled print is complete.
This
invention adds three more pulls to the process. The prints are classified
as separate works because each surface is manipulated before the print is
pulled again. Never after the print is pulled. Manipulating the surface
after pulling is called reworking though it can be called any number of things,
such as mixed media or montage. Ms. Castaneda’s prints are one of a kind
and never reworked.
To
summarize, the printmaker creates a sketch after the concept is complete,
then transfers the sketch into an image format, which is then filled in
with the extensive palette. By placing a sheet of wet cotton rag paper on top
of the freshly painted image, the artist uses the etching press to
transfer the image over
to paper via pressure. By
peeling
the print off the plate, an original hand-pulled print is born. The patent on Crinkleism is still in the works and Ms. Castaneda's formulation has not yet been released.
As
soon as it is released she would be more than happy to explain and teach the
techniques of this process. |
