the Copper Shop

On the Roycroft Campus, edition of 50, 2006

This is the print that I will use for the Copper Shop tiles. I will use only the screen print that was used to make the darkest color in this print

This is a print that I had made back in 2006. I created the darkest image with drawing fluid and screen filler. then I printed it onto a sheet of paper that was glued down to the screen bed. This would be my guide to create the stencils for the other two colors. I used a second screen to make a reduction print of the two other colors. The Stonehenge paper (Fawn) would serve as the lightest value in the print. A coppery light terra cotta color would be the lighter, medium color and a warm gray-brown would be on the roof and some of the shadows. After I had printed those colors, I replaced the screen with the first screen that I had made and printed a very dark brown on top of the other colors. I feel as if this print captures the look and feel of the Copper Shop, with it's front gardens and the great, sheltering tree. This building was built in 1902 as the original blacksmith shop and later became the copper shop. I have been fortunate enough to have been a member of the Roycroft Campus Corporation
ever since it started. I have taught screen printing classes there in the Copper Shop and now have one scheduled for October 27 & 28. This will be the weekend after the Arts and Crafts Conference, Oct. 18 - 21,2012 in East Aurora, NY. I have had a semi-permanent display of my original screen prints in the Copper Shop Gallery for many years. The image that I will use for the Copper Shop on the tiles will be the darkest-first screen that I made for this print