Category: Art Demos
Print-a-thon on the Del Rio Trail
Print-a-thon on the Del Rio Trail – Rained out twice – Now on May 18th, 10am to 1pm Join artist Ambassador, Heather Hogan, on the new Del Rio Trail to take home a piece of nature by pulling your very own print from nature. Participants can select from pre-made rubber stamps or select a leaf from…
Becoming Mural at Sacramento State
This mural is a collaboration with students in the McClatchy High School Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) program who are becoming adults and creatives. Select student artwork, inspired by the Becoming prompt, is digitized and simplified around the word “BECOMING”. Working together on a college campus, led by a working artist, helps them to become…
Unconventional Materials
Images are printed on a Mimaki large format printer using heat sublimation ink onto paper. The ink is activated by heat and physically pressed onto synthetic materials like polyester and plastic. I like to use open source and stock images in addition to my original designs. Heat Press Collage Sublimation on Fabric These collages are…
Experiments in Sublimation on Fabric
I started working at the Makerspace at Sacramento City College in the Fall of 2022 right around the time we received a Mimaki large format sublimation printer. This machine prints directly on fabric or on sublimation paper that you then heat-press onto fabric. I really like the sublimation printer! I’m exploring upcycling clothing and image…
Adventures in Coloring Plastic Materials
Trying dabs of paint, no markmaking. All pigments dried and left overnight. The first was black India ink, then alcohol ink, acrylic ink, teal India ink, pain marker, high fluid acrylic. The I sanded them the next day to see how they’d hold up. Add a Light Sanding… Mark Making & Filling Grooves Tools from…
Learning to Use the Laser Cutter Via SCC Makerspace at Hackerlab
The fall semester of 2021 I took a class called MakerSpace (MAKR) 151 at Sacramento City College. The course was all online but in person lab time at HackerLab was available. I took the orientation course for HackerLab online and then took two in-person trainings; one on the ShopBot (a large format CNC router machine)…
I’m Making Art Demos! See how the art is made…
Inspiration A huge thanks to these lovely ladies who hypnotized me with their artistic mastery! I had been watching other people make these art demos and thought it looked like fun. I thought, “I can do that (kinda)!” And so I did. View this post on Instagram A post shared by E v a K…
