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Show King Pirate Dog and Mates Claire E.Taylor )Marnie Powars-Torrey] Department of Art and Art History, Marriott Library Book Arts Program, University of Utah M yproj«1 consTrta oF a serre? oF broadsides (sing le she**ts pnntPd on a leiiprpresslwh^h d?piri my whipped "^lonion. a-nd other c Koract^r^ based around him. Mwrh oF myart work portrays Solomon. I wa nted to esp*r>d ^rn thisvrorld. but From s P^tKinal worft my intuit"txi btrHt thew F^a r ?nf they were <^n?tructEd bv tht ch?r*7tef ? themwlves, I ha^^^nsidered the physVal ^ h^rjcter. and their sppwrjncei reflect their I hr-ive ripprwiched thii pojert irqM^ydiKerantlyth^n rxiM prolects Genetnlly' ptin tht whofe prolect and then pi^u^e it. v^h ? few chn nge& ^r>d niddrtion? in response to 1 he pr^™?s, Wrth th"? proj€i"1 rnuch mc*e freedom 1o'Fe^ out'v^i?1 Should do w"rth1 he broadside? a? problems arrw. projKi drew each charwter w"rth require? a run through the 11 h?n indic?1e thow where numlMr r i^hef printing Pelfc?f printing is l tievwowJ. hmvettJ ts caned away, reaving rjiwd ?reas. Only the raised portions prln^ lea*ir>3 the r^iper. I printed these lino blocks usjngredurtion and two bk>rk nethr>ds, A reduction print is where tht btx k li pmted at m u hlpre stnipp^ nf ^rirvinq Two t?tx k neth^ li wh^e 1wo blocks Hire u^ed for on? in-iage Intr^na to si^trutto rryoiqm^l drawings, I curved 1 he blocks in much n>orede1silthan I h^vtcniv^i in the past. I hr-id pin n ned to print the title oF each chapter in large v^od tyr«. and then pi mn he ^hara^ier on top of thnt ftpter printing the wood tff=^ I realized that I would have n>pre freed?m to respond to 1 he pre^rouirun iF I printed I he charwiers on ? separate prKeoFp^per then ^ulthpn out nnd applied 1heni1othplarrjeioio?dsJde I also feel Itiat mounting the lrnaaeior"thech?r^tflfs adds another Uijref, giving the anini^K inherent importance, ?iweil si givirq the prints hi "hrird rnnd?'nnd pi inrtive look Both oF these <^ry^pts Furl her nvint^ntron of the pi inted environments ripperirinp ns iF constructed by 1 he ^hara^iers 1 herojetes. I am considenng rTddinn ekfpents 1o th^ orond^idpthat FuHher describe ew h ^t^racter. Approaching ihe projed In ih'u way has Forced rnelo look?11he prrcess or" pr^durirq u\y ?rtv^ork sr>d these md" vidual character? in a way I hadn't before. The project ha* increased my letterpress printing and c?mng I fc?s and has nillnweH rne tn ^re?1e -in eni irely new group oF ^ haracterc f rorn wh k h 1o d r^w. v |