That’s A Fact: Young, Gifted & Black - 

review by Talia Whyte for WGBH Basic Black

The last three years have sent me (and my work) into a tailspin so this new year I resolved (I actually don’t like resolutions…) or rather made an intention to slingshot myself back into printmaking. So I am doing an edition a week. Here are the specs:

SIZE: 11 x 15 inches (landscape or portrait)
MEDIUM: lithography, preferably
PAPER/SUBSTRATE: any
THEME: any
EDITION SIZE: 10

In the end when it’s all done, I’ll make a portfolio box for the edition. Some prints will be single run, some multi-color. Some may be variable editions. Some editions may include plates from previous editions. And while I am trying to stick with litho, I may throw in some other print mediums, like silkscreen, relief or etching. Maybe. I can edition a litho in my sleep so when my time is crunched some weeks that will be the easiest thing to do.

So far, I’m at week 6 (or 7? I dunno) and I’ve done ONE edition. Got lots of plates drawn, many processed, got paper torn and ready. I’ll get there, don’t worry. I got this.

LOVE. LITHO.

There’s something incredibly magical and satisfying about the process of lithography and sharing that magic with a new generation of printmakers is pure joy. We’re at that point in the semester where the lightbulb has turned on, the wheels are cranking (and so are the presses!) and the shit makes sense now. So going forward into the rest of the semester we can deal less with process and more with pure image and the beauty of the lithograph. It makes me giddy!

Go to Kickstarter to learn more about Wayne and his project.