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We have ventilation in the darkroom but not in the main studio since we don't work with any chemicals in the shop. The lithography materials we used for our low toxic stone litho process we used outside in the summer since we thought it would be too smelly for our shop.

Very interesting. We will look that book up and give it a try. Thanks for sharing this.

I am so sorry to hear that you had cancer. I hope that you are doing ok now. I can completely understand wanting to pull away from any art creation process that involves chemicals. Thank you for sharing and thank you for your kind comments about the prints! We are always trying to find ways to make our shop as safe as possible. We have had several artists work at our studio because they want (or need) to move away from the traditional processes.

I think that the scumming might have had to do with the viscosity of the ink. The different colours had different viscosities and I should have adjusted to make sure the stiffness was correct. Looking back on the edition size and the quality of the line, compared to previous prints in past exploration, I would say that the syrup seemed to be doing something. We are hoping to make another edition and film it over the winter.

Thanks so much! I loved using a riso colour palette. Also, Zea Mays collaborated with Hanco to create a wonderful transparent etching ink which also helped in creating the blends 💛

Watched the full vid, and saw you mentioned waterbase, still curious what kind? Thanks

Thanks for the question. We are using Tri Art Printing ink. We have links to them on our website if you want to check them out. They are a relatively local (to us) acrylic paint and ink maker. They are water based inks.

Thanks so much! We really enjoyed diving deep into this process. Looking forward to exploring it even more. Have you tried kitchen litho?

Thanks! We hope it was helpful :D

We're not young either 😀 but the advice is great for anyone at any age.

So glad it was helpful. We really love doing research like this, so it was a pleasure!

Thanks so much 😀

Having a dedicated space for everything is a shop game changer for sure. I love the pick up five idea (I should start applying that to my painting studio).

Thanks so much! If your friend ever has any questions tell them we're happy help, feel free to reach out.

We loved it too! Thanks for that clarification ❤️ (that’s why I shared a link to Andrew Baldwin’s video explaining the ground because I knew I would mix something up about it ☺️)

Thanks 😀 I really loved how this print turned out (it's even more fun in it's pop-up version).

@@sparkboxstudio pop-up 🤩 what kind of ink you use for it ?

We used Tri-Art printmaking ink and screen printing base (here's a link: bit.ly/3Tttfgg) 😀

So glad you loved the video! We miss you too!!

So glad this video was helpful. The second one we posted I walked through making an edition. It worked pretty well. I tried to keep notice of what was causing issues. If you haven't watched that one you might also find it helpful. I got an edition of 20 and it was a five colour print.

Thanks so much! It is a truly beautiful print studio. The next video will show the work we made and the processes.

It is such an awesome space! We're looking forward to posting the next video showing the prints we made. We learned so much!

Thanks for your comment and your kind words about our shop. Sounds like you are working hard to make printmaking happen in your home, which is awesome, congrats on that! We've never had a truck so we've had our local Home Hardware delivery materials to our shop in order to build. That could help with the materials transportation challenge. If you ever have more questions feel free to email us 😀

Thanks so much! We love a scrappy DIY!

Thanks 💛

Sounds like a great internship. Hope the installation goes well!

Awe thanks! We are pretty in love with and grateful for our studio 💛

So glad you found this helpful. The studio is roughly 22 ft x 36 ft.

Great insight and question. I did have gum arabic in the water I was using for sponging. It was also mixed with some critic acid. I might have needed more than I put in (it was less than half a shot glass). Totally something to keep in mind and pay more close attention to next time though because you're right that it does help with the scumming issue.

Thanks so much! We are excited to work on some more of these prints and really figure out even more. Hope you find success with it!

Thanks so much for your comments 💛 For this edition we used VanSon Rubber based inks with no modifiers. When we were working with the black and white prints I think we were using the VanSon Rubber based inks as well as Graphic Chemical Lithography ink. We tried using Akua inks but had no luck (to be fair they are intaglio inks so not made for this process).

Thanks so much! We do feel very lucky to have this space. That's exciting that you're starting your printmaking journey. Lino is a great place to start - affordable and easy to print by hand if necessary!

Thanks Gerry! We totally agree, we have been using Divi for awhile now and really like it.

Thanks Lindsey. The mural at Angeline's makes me so happy! 💛💛

Thanks so much for this and for the info about the Indigenous Seed Bank! We will totally check that out.

Thanks so much Kate! The cut outs were so fun. Such a lot of extra prep but a great solution for that beautiful brick. We hope you're doing well! 💛

Thanks so much for watching! Glad you found it helpful 😀

💛 Thanks Paul! I'm hoping to get back into the painting studio this summer to continue working on this series of work. I am wanting to explore some new materials as well. Hope you have been finding time to paint too!

Thanks so much! That means a lot. We're so glad that you can sense the openness, it's something we really care about in the space.

Thanks! Would love to talk more about colour. Anything in particular? Would love to hear more about your vacuum table. It is something we have considered building but never tried.

​@@sparkboxstudioyou might've talked about it but was limited on space. Mine is 24x36 but the plans can be modified and are pretty much universal (think the OG plan was for an 18x24 ) but I can email the plan i used when get to my laptop. As far as color seps, just like a short tutorial on your process. The way you have your seps set up seems a lot more intuitive and organized

So great to hear from you! I was trying to find the duct tape suit before I wrote back, but haven't lucked out so far. Hilarious that you remember that 🤣. To give folks context: In my last year(s) of high school I got a chance to be in a special focus program called ‘integrated arts’. It was a wonderful program that allowed students to spend a full semester focused on an art project with an exhibition at the end. During that exhibition, I sported the most fantastic 3 piece duct tape suit (well, as fantastic as my teen-self could make), complete with shoes, top hat and cane.

That's awesome! Our shop is about 1,000 square feet.

thanks so much ❤️

Thanks so much for this lovely comment. David is fantastic and it was a true pleasure having him stay with us to create this body of work. ❤️

Yeah! So happy you found this helpful. And congrats on putting together residency applications. Hope you get to head some where great to make some new work.

That’s great, so glad to hear you found it helpful 😀