ThreadBear Logo (Woodblock Print)

This is my first logo it is for a quilt shop in New Mexico.
I used beech plywood same as on Arion. It is really hard but other than that a very nice wood for carving.
i used my wood burning tool for all line work and a knife and gouges for clearing. the lettering took forever it seemed.
Graphic Chemical oil based ink with watercolor on masa paper. i think i might switch the red and green spools but other than that i'm pretty happy with the way it has turned out.
Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: ThreadBear
woodbock print hand colored
image size:9X12
paper size: 11X14

Arion exchange 38

this was my original plan but now i cant decide which one i like better
Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Astraeus
woodbock print two blocks
image size:9X14
paper size: 10X15

Arion exchange 38

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Astraeus
woodbock print
image size:9X14
paper size: 10X15

Westinghouse Fan (original etching)

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Westinghouse Fan
etching and drypoint on Rives BFK paper
image size: 5X4
paper size: 7X5
edition: 50
signed original print
This great old fan still lives in my spare bedroom and works great even though the cloth cord is somewhat scary.

la de da

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: la de da
etching on Rives BFK
image size: 4X6
paper size: 6x9
edition: 50
signed original print

Islands

the island shadows are bothering me so i am in the process of taking them out. now i have to scrape, burnish and redo my aquatint on the water. for such a simple looking drawing it has been a long process i bet i have printed at least 10 states os far.
Artist: VIza Arlington
Title: Islands
Etching, aquatint, dry point, etching on Rives BFK
image size 6X9 inches
this is one of my Alaska inspired prints

Cole (trial proof)

three pears / first way

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Three pears first way
moku-hanga (Japanese woodcut method)
on Rives BFK heavyweight paper
waterbased inks
image size: 3.25X7.25
paper size: 5.5X9.25 inches
signed and numbered original print

Orca (woodblock print)

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Orca
moku-hanga (Japanese woodcut method) on Rives BFK heavyweight paper
waterbased inks
paper size: 7.5X10 inches
signed and numbered original print
This is the first print inspired by my recent trip to Alaska.

Untitled (original linocut)

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Untitled
Two color blockprint hand colored butterfly
with watercolor
image size:4X4 inches
paper size: 5X5
oil based ink printed on Rives BFK paper

Gibby Napping (solar plate etching)

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Gibby Napping
solar plate etching on Rives BFK
image size: 5X7
signed original print
this is a solar plate etching from a quick gesture sketch i made of my horse Gibby while he was napping.

DARFUR REFUGEE (Forgotten)

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: DARFUR REFUGEE (Forgotten)
charcoal and pastel drawing
image size:18X24
paper size: 18X24
drawing is on archival drawing paper

Moon and Sea (original collograph)

Artist: VIza Arlington
Title: Moon and Sea
Collograph on Rives BFK paper
image size 8.75 X 6 inches
signed and numbered original print

Sailboat (original collograph)

Artist: VIza Arlington
Title: Sailboat
Collograph, hand colored on Rives BFK paper
image size 9 X 9 inches
signed and numbered original print

Pied Piper (original etching)

Artist: VIza Arlington
Title: Pied Piper
Etching, dry point, hand colored
image size 4 X 6 inches
paper size 6X8
signed and numbered original print
Rives paper

Elephant (original collograph print)

Artist: VIza Arlington
Title: Elephant
Collograph, hand colored on Magnani Pescia pale blue paper
image size 4 X 6 inches
paper size 6X8
signed and numbered original print

Aeolus woodblock print

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Aeolus storm God and Keeper of the Winds
Moku-Hanga (Japanese method woodcut)
sumi ink on Rives BFK paper
image size: 4.5X6.5
paper size 5.5X7.5

Pied Piper

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Pied Piper
Woodblock print hand colored with watercolor
image size:8X11
paper size: 10X15
signed and numbered original print

Hare and Crescent Moon

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Hare and Moon
Linocut
image size:4X6 inches

Ch Bandits Juggernaut

VIza Arlington
Ch Bandit's Juggernaut
Etching, aquatint and dry point on Rives BFK
image size 7.25X10.5 inches
paper size 10X12
edition: 50
signed and numbered original print
This is one of my dads champion English Pointers. If you are interested in hunting dogs and
Tennessee Walking Horses Please visit his website http://www.arlingtonkennelsandstables.com

Tungsten (Periodic Table Printmaking Project)

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Wolfram
Moku-Hanga (Japanese method woodcut)
sumi ink and red watercolor for my chop mark on Rives BFK paper
image size:6X6
paper size 7X7

This print was created for the Periodic Table Printmaking Project
http://home.comcast.net/~clarksbarn/periodic/elements.html


Tungsten (Swedish tung sten meaning "heavy stone"), even though the current name for the element in Swedish is wolfram (sometimes spelled in Swedish as volfram), from the denomination volf rahm by Wallerius in 1747, translated from the description by Agricola in 1546 as Lupi spuma, meaning "wolf's froth" after the way tin is eaten up like a wolf after sheep in the process of its extraction.
From Wikipedia

Penguin (woodblock print)

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Penguin
moku-hanga (Japanese woodcut method) on Rives BFK paper sumi ink
paper size: 4.25 X 5.5 inches
image size:3.25 X 4.5

Rabbit

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Rabbit
Linocut
image size:4X6 inches
paper size: 6X8
oil based ink printed on rives lightweight paper

Lake Coeur d'Alene (exchange 34)

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Lake Coeur d'Alene
seven color reduction blockprint
image size:8X5.5
paper size: 10X7.5
oil based ink printed on BFK lightweight paper
artist proof
this started from a photo i took that didnt turn out but i liked the composition
so i decided to make a blockprint from it. there was a fire nearby so the sunset was very pretty and orange.

Raven

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Raven
Linocut
image size:4X6 inches
paper size: 6X8
for this print i used a water based ink and i hate it so i will try again with oil inks

bistro chair

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: bistro chair
Linocut
image size: 5X7 inches
paper size: 6X9

Bluefish Painting

Artist: Viza Arlington
Medium: original acrylic painting with mixed media
Size: 60X 40 inches

large acrylic painting with mixed media collage. gold fish net fabric on the yellow fish and silverleaf. 60X40 inches. on streched canvas sides are painted and its ready to hang.
black fish have matt and glossy paint for detail it was hard to capture with camera but the close up photos give a pretty good idea of how it looks in person. I will be hanging this at the restaurant i work at called Bluefish.

Summer Time (summer solstice exchange print)

Artist: VIza Arlington
Title: Summer Time
Etching, aquatint, and dry point on Rives BFK
image size 4X6 inches
paper size 5.5 X 7.5

Iraq print exchange trail proof

VIza Arlington
Etching, aquatint, drypoint and softground etching on Rives BFK
image size 6X9

Gifts

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Gifts
paper size: 7.75 X 11.75 inches
image size: 6.75 X 10.75 inches
two color woodcut on Rives light weight with chine colle using tissue paper treated to balance the pH levels printed by hand with a baren.

new trial proof

changes: silver leaf instead of silver ink. black on black fish

Fishes trial proof for exchange 32

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Fishes
four color woodbock print
image size:9X14
paper size: 10X15

Hand Pulled Prints International XIII

I am very excited and honored that my print "hibiscus" is on the postcard and catalog for the Hand-Pulled Prints Internaional XIII at StoneMetal Press.
Hand-Pulled Prints Internation XIII
Juror: Lyle W. Williams
Exhibition now through June 1, 2007
The StoneMetal Press Printmaking Center Suite 101,
Building B Blue Star Arts Complex
San Antonio, TX 78210
www.stonemetal-press.com

Poppies

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Poppies
Monotype (one of a kind print) with pastel over drawing
image size: 8X10 inches
paper size: 8X10
signed original one of a kind print
this is a trace monotype with pastels. I prefer pastels over watercolour because they are more opaque i can minimize the dark spots that can occur when doing a "trace" monotype.

Tattoo

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Tattoo
charcoal drawing
image size:18X24
paper size: 18X24
drawing is on archival drawing paper

Caged

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Caged
charcoal drawing
image size:18X24
paper size: 18X24
drawing is on archival drawing paper

Money Plant II (Original Monotype) from ghostprint

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Money Plant II
Monotype (one of a kind print) with sumi ink drawing, watercolor and pearlescent mica powder (on the "coins" )
image size: 8X10 inches
paper size: 8X10
signed original one of a kind print

Money Plant I (Original Monotype)

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Money Plant I
Monotype (one of a kind print)
paper size: 8X10
signed original one of a kind print

Fleeting IV (Original Monotype)

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Fleeting IV
Monotype (one of a kind print) with pastel over drawing and watercolor
image size: 8X10 inches
paper size: 8X10
signed original one of a kind print

Passion Flower II (Original monotype)

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Passion Flower II
Monotype (one of a kind print) with watercolor
image size: 8X10 inches
paper size: 8X10
signed original one of a kind print

Forced Blossoms (Screenprint Monotype)

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: forced blossoms
screenprint Monotype (one of a kind print)
image size: 8X10 inches
paper size: 8X10
signed original one of a kind prin
i used water soluble crayons to draw my image directly onto the screen then pulled transparent base through the screen.

Berries (Screenprint Monotype)

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Berries
Monotype (one of a kind print)
image size: 8X10 inches
paper size: 8X10
signed original one of a kind print