tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post6466552007306201209..comments2024-01-11T19:42:45.537-05:00Comments on woodblock dreams: Planners and SearchersAnnie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00178236295806176573noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post-81553677794241202152007-06-11T20:32:00.000-04:002007-06-11T20:32:00.000-04:00Seems if you're one, you want to be the other... w...Seems if you're one, you want to be the other... what's up with that? I'm a searcher, usually in search of a plan. I waste a lot of paint hoping for that happy accident that will formulate something worth keeping. Sighhhh...Karen Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01316270072956883280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post-27341804840054647512007-06-11T17:45:00.000-04:002007-06-11T17:45:00.000-04:00To me, the process and product of creation is not ...To me, the process and product of creation is not all that black and white (does not have to be either/or). Seems to me that artists use a combination of spontaneity--what could be called "searching"--with planning and technique, and that it depends on each piece and varies from time to time. Currently, I'm not a printmaker, but in my paintings or cut paper pieces, I create from my ability to conceptualize an idea using the materials I have at hand, with a lean towards the spontaneous/"searching" side. Sometimes I have no idea what I'm going to paint/draw; I just dip in.Nicole Raisin Sternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958017996169698780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post-6866553051356104172007-06-11T15:45:00.000-04:002007-06-11T15:45:00.000-04:00Thanks for the responses. I was thinking that sinc...Thanks for the responses. I was thinking that since printmaking is pretty technique-heavy it would be full of planner-types, but there seem to be plenty of searchers making prints! I'm definitely looking for a blend, even within all the technical requirements of moku hanga.<BR/>Peggy, I've made some awful prints too, just so you know.<BR/>Marissa, one thing I really love about your method is that you can use your blocks over and over again in so many ways.Annie Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00178236295806176573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post-88138218246897306582007-06-11T10:47:00.000-04:002007-06-11T10:47:00.000-04:00I am certainly not much of a planner so I must be ...I am certainly not much of a planner so I must be a searcher. Sometimes I wish I was more of a planner and my work was more about something bigger than the process of making it.Marissa L. Swinghammerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08104421981651300462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184600.post-42811536769845793882007-06-10T19:16:00.000-04:002007-06-10T19:16:00.000-04:00Good questions. I'm looking foreward to reading t...Good questions. I'm looking foreward to reading the responses. <BR/><BR/>(I had a little rant about the Egg video here but thought better of it. On with the questions....)<BR/><BR/>I'm definetly a searcher. For the past six months or so I've been struggling with relief printing. Not having much experience in the process I looked for examples, found a myriad of wonderful artists (your work included, Annie) and was awed at the detail and preciseness of it all- and intimidated. By using works I admired as teaching tools and following directions for process and technique, I created some quite awful prints! I've just recently thrown caution to the wind, so to speak, and am rediscovering the freedom and randomness of printing that I've enjoyed in the past. Dues to pay, I guess.<BR/><BR/>And yes, I do sometimes envy Planners.Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11035509464700280693noreply@blogger.com