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AprilApr 28 Monday 08
TYPOGRAPHIC PRINT EXCHANGE
I had my type-2 class do a project to experiment with hand made type.
AprilApr 2 Wednesday 08
Brain Fried on Art
I spent all last weekend traveling throughout Dallas and Fort Worth looking at museums and galleries.
MarchMar 20 Thursday 08
latest addition / biggest edition
I hand-pulled my largest lithograph edition this week.
possible drawings
Here are some sketches I am planning on using for a suite of drawings.
MarchMar 15 Saturday 08
Texas National 2008
I got a very recent drawing I did into the 2008 Texas National.
MarchMar 7 Friday 08
Beginning of a collection...
Since about 2006 I have slowly began collecting prints from artist: Jay Ryan. Thought maybe I would show off what I have so far. Maybe I'll start posting all the work I collect. I have always found it very interesting what artwork, artists collect. You know, I used …
MarchMar 2 Sunday 08
web design: this printmaker's digital dream vacation
Got another site in the making.
DecemberDec 25 Tuesday 07
Merry Christmas
Things should be picking up around here after the holidays.
NovemberNov 27 Tuesday 07
Finding another way to make work...
I have been trying to find another way to make new works using the supplies I have.
Chaka @ Columbia College
Just got a letter in the mail today notifying me of the acceptance of one of my prints into the
NovemberNov 19 Monday 07
iamchaka.com : blog 1.0
NEWS FLASH: Chaka tries blogging...again. I've tried the blog thing before and never liked it that much. But I am liking the way artists are blogging about their work rather than their lives. Maybe it will help me develop my thoughts for new works. No promises, but …
@ Bois d'Arc Press
I moved a few months ago into a studio space with a good friend of mine. She named the joint Bois d'Arc Press. It has been a great space to work and an even better place to print. YEEEEHAWWWW!BOIS D'ARC PRESSBelow: (1) Entrance, (2) the real "myspace", (3) The Press, …
OctoberOct 3 Wednesday 07
Baby, Teaching, Printing
Well, we are finally getting into a routine with the new baby. He is really awesome. I guess he takes after his mother. School is busy, for me as a student and for me as an instructor. One of the computer labs I teach in is getting 20 brand new iMacs this Thursday. …
SeptemberSep 11 Tuesday 07
Chaka gets a break
I finally got a break the other day. I got two of my prints select to be in October's Journal of Art and Design, Creative Quarterly. One print, "Agronomic Parable" was given a Merit award and the other "Desire of the Nations", was awarded a bronze editor's choice …