Final editions...

I began printing my final editions last week. Being very unsure of myself, the first edition took me three days to print. It came together nicely until the very last passage of color, then it all sort of fell apart. I was quite disappointed to end up with only four decent prints after starting out with a possible 14. I am not a superstitious person, but the final passage was printed on Friday, November 13. Discouraged but not defeated, I began the second edition in the wee hours, the following morning. The second edition came together very well and after a 16 hour stint in the studio, I completed 12 decent prints. I am not a superstitious person, but decided to approach the third edition in exactly the same fashion. After another 16 hour day, the third edition of prints was completed; this time I was left with 10. I learned a lot during these marathon days of printing and decided to have another go at the first image, which went much better the second time around. In the end, each image is an edition of eight. All in all, I spent six long days printing my final editions. Below is an image of each. I was inspired by the triptychs shown to us by Mr Ueba-san, our printing sensei, and wanted to create three pieces that could be viewed alone or together. Unfortunately the right edge of the first image was cropped, leaving out the knee of the woman in image two, but i think you can get the gist...

Palisade Tea Party, 1, 2 & 3
28cm x 21 cm
6 blocks
8 -12 passes
8 - 11 colors