tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178130802012-01-31T23:19:42.327-08:00Artist/InstructorKim Van Somerenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326588034263417558noreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17813080.post-84574687024125654852008-10-27T10:04:00.000-07:002008-10-27T10:07:17.554-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__f7btXl2vKU/SQX02K6CEfI/AAAAAAAAAF4/XmWlGIsKnac/s1600-h/If+there%27s+Comfort+Involved-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 136px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__f7btXl2vKU/SQX02K6CEfI/AAAAAAAAAF4/XmWlGIsKnac/s200/If+there%27s+Comfort+Involved-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261880951130165746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">If there's Comfort Involved-1</span><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Etching/Aquatint</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">12"x 9"</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">2008</span></span><br /><br /></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17813080-8457468702412565485?l=kimvansomeren.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kim Van Somerenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326588034263417558noreply@blogger.com119tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17813080.post-58129222010764655452008-10-05T19:05:00.000-07:002008-10-05T19:11:55.992-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__f7btXl2vKU/SOlzvofbpkI/AAAAAAAAAFw/DbIQkQEbFOM/s1600-h/23_100big.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__f7btXl2vKU/SOlzvofbpkI/AAAAAAAAAFw/DbIQkQEbFOM/s200/23_100big.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253857702464693826" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__f7btXl2vKU/SOlzoadZPxI/AAAAAAAAAFo/-0Lc6aZA9xk/s1600-h/47_100big.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__f7btXl2vKU/SOlzoadZPxI/AAAAAAAAAFo/-0Lc6aZA9xk/s200/47_100big.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253857578438967058" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__f7btXl2vKU/SOlzfu5S9tI/AAAAAAAAAFg/7c-WFxiSwwI/s1600-h/54_100big.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__f7btXl2vKU/SOlzfu5S9tI/AAAAAAAAAFg/7c-WFxiSwwI/s200/54_100big.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253857429305882322" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__f7btXl2vKU/SOlzLpU1idI/AAAAAAAAAFY/oczh25kV6jw/s1600-h/68_100big.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__f7btXl2vKU/SOlzLpU1idI/AAAAAAAAAFY/oczh25kV6jw/s200/68_100big.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253857084213397970" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1-100 </span>is a series of etchings made from one plate 6"x 6". The plate has been through 100 different stages, each stage exhibiting an impression of the work.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17813080-5812922201076465545?l=kimvansomeren.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kim Van Somerenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326588034263417558noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17813080.post-56802801124339065932007-11-14T13:03:00.001-08:002007-11-14T13:06:56.911-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/__f7btXl2vKU/Rzti6rgW0eI/AAAAAAAAAEY/HM4EtlliQZ8/s1600-h/Image1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/__f7btXl2vKU/Rzti6rgW0eI/AAAAAAAAAEY/HM4EtlliQZ8/s400/Image1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132804960569184738" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Bank 1- Strollers<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">xerox lithograph on magnani blue paper<br />30"x 22"<br />2007<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17813080-5680280112433906593?l=kimvansomeren.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kim Van Somerenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326588034263417558noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17813080.post-67687930732025838482007-10-05T16:14:00.001-07:002007-10-05T16:15:59.487-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/__f7btXl2vKU/RwbFk5OvClI/AAAAAAAAAD0/YvqyqhaOQAg/s1600-h/Small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/__f7btXl2vKU/RwbFk5OvClI/AAAAAAAAAD0/YvqyqhaOQAg/s400/Small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117995264181733970" border="0" /></a><br />Untitled Vitreograph<br />24"x 18"<br />2007<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17813080-6768793073202583848?l=kimvansomeren.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kim Van Somerenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326588034263417558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17813080.post-67982109363301563442007-09-19T16:10:00.000-07:002007-09-19T16:34:02.598-07:00<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/__f7btXl2vKU/RvGxLaI3mOI/AAAAAAAAADI/OlYjAnay3is/s1600-h/Shop+Decorator.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112061861595420898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/__f7btXl2vKU/RvGxLaI3mOI/AAAAAAAAADI/OlYjAnay3is/s400/Shop+Decorator.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div><div><strong><em>Shop Decorator</em></strong></div><div>vitreograph</div><div>24"x 18"</div><div>2007</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Vitreographs are much like monotypes in the fact that one is printing from a flat surface and offsetting the information to a second flat surface. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>GLASS------------> PAPER </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Because glass is such a smooth and chemically unaltered surface, the inks which release from the surface of the glass are pure and rich. Whites are clean and reds are not muddy.</div><br /><div>The glass does go under the same amount of pressure as a piece of Plexiglas does, however the tempered glass does need to be surrounded by a wood frame that is the same height to disperse the pressure evenly. 45,000 pressure per square inch is a heavy bird on the glass.</div><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17813080-6798210936330156344?l=kimvansomeren.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kim Van Somerenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326588034263417558noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17813080.post-57161488560738538672007-09-14T22:22:00.001-07:002007-09-14T22:37:52.205-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" class="sqq" ></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" class="sqq" >"The nation needs to return to the colonial way of life, when a wife was judged by the amount of wood she could split" WC Fields</span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" class="sqq" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);" class="sqa" href="http://thinkexist.com/quotes/w._c._fields/"></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);" class="sqa" href="http://thinkexist.com/quotes/w._c._fields/"></a></span><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/__f7btXl2vKU/RutsRRubTlI/AAAAAAAAAC4/Hl35Lkk6VQc/s1600-h/woodcut.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/__f7btXl2vKU/RutsRRubTlI/AAAAAAAAAC4/Hl35Lkk6VQc/s400/woodcut.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5110297246253665874" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17813080-5716148856073853867?l=kimvansomeren.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kim Van Somerenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326588034263417558noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17813080.post-45873179251718818852007-09-11T20:58:00.001-07:002007-09-11T21:00:21.122-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/__f7btXl2vKU/Rudj4hubTkI/AAAAAAAAACw/B-nULuSj1sU/s1600-h/GlassKim.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/__f7btXl2vKU/Rudj4hubTkI/AAAAAAAAACw/B-nULuSj1sU/s400/GlassKim.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109162125052038722" border="0" /></a><br />Pilchuck Glass School<br />Summer 2007:Session 5<br /><br />Position: Printshop Coordinator<br />Hours: 9am-1am<br />Duties: Printmaking Evangelism<br /><br />...the Printmaker was sucked into the vortex<br />of GLASS for a short time.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17813080-4587317925171881885?l=kimvansomeren.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kim Van Somerenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326588034263417558noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17813080.post-77776223712696999092007-07-07T21:28:00.000-07:002007-07-07T21:30:10.950-07:00<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/__f7btXl2vKU/RpBn81z5-8I/AAAAAAAAACg/8Bnu7QD9kO0/s1600-h/Unfinished+WC.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084678274235890626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/__f7btXl2vKU/RpBn81z5-8I/AAAAAAAAACg/8Bnu7QD9kO0/s400/Unfinished+WC.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">unfinished reductive woodcut</div><div align="left">16"x 16"</div><div align="left">2007</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17813080-7777622371269699909?l=kimvansomeren.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kim Van Somerenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326588034263417558noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17813080.post-19572074918040041742007-06-27T15:55:00.000-07:002007-06-27T15:57:45.505-07:00<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/__f7btXl2vKU/RoLq_Fz5-7I/AAAAAAAAACY/OsvOWatIrhw/s1600-h/Mail+Man+and+Guest.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080881699239885746" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/__f7btXl2vKU/RoLq_Fz5-7I/AAAAAAAAACY/OsvOWatIrhw/s400/Mail+Man+and+Guest.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong><em>Mailman and Guest</em></strong></div><div>Reductive Woodcut, intaglio etching/aquatint</div><div>16"x 16"</div><div>2007</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17813080-1957207491804004174?l=kimvansomeren.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kim Van Somerenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326588034263417558noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17813080.post-65042962205636189692007-06-25T23:01:00.000-07:002007-06-25T23:04:57.301-07:00<div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/__f7btXl2vKU/RoCsHRb6QhI/AAAAAAAAACQ/ewvJkhb4jBU/s1600-h/Backyard+Gold.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080249620613448210" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 347px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 226px" height="222" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/__f7btXl2vKU/RoCsHRb6QhI/AAAAAAAAACQ/ewvJkhb4jBU/s400/Backyard+Gold.jpg" width="597" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div><strong>Backyard Gold</strong></div><div>Woodblock </div><div>22"x 30"</div><div>2007</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17813080-6504296220563618969?l=kimvansomeren.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kim Van Somerenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326588034263417558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17813080.post-77681567202617948582007-02-15T00:09:00.000-08:002007-02-16T22:42:16.677-08:00<div align="center"><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/__f7btXl2vKU/RdQVs4HdaAI/AAAAAAAAAAg/2569qM2NXIU/s1600-h/rockband5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5031670544401786882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/__f7btXl2vKU/RdQVs4HdaAI/AAAAAAAAAAg/2569qM2NXIU/s320/rockband5.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"> ROCKBAND</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">This Rockband haunts the print studio at the Pratt Fine Arts Center. We live here, and we eat here. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">The first one loves spray paint and red velvet cake. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">The second one likes xerox toner and crab.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">The third one eats ink and hates Valentines Day.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">The fourth one wants to own a taco bus. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">beware</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em></em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17813080-7768156720261794858?l=kimvansomeren.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kim Van Somerenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326588034263417558noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17813080.post-91396490151167539522007-02-11T16:53:00.000-08:002007-02-11T16:55:41.226-08:00<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/__f7btXl2vKU/Rc-7DoHdZ-I/AAAAAAAAAAM/5t-Uu7LkxWo/s1600-h/Pull+the+Pulpit+2007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030444979778840546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/__f7btXl2vKU/Rc-7DoHdZ-I/AAAAAAAAAAM/5t-Uu7LkxWo/s320/Pull+the+Pulpit+2007.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><p><em>Pull the Pulpit</em></p><p>Reductive Woodcut, intaglio etching, aquatint, softground. </p><p>2006</p><p> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17813080-9139649015116753952?l=kimvansomeren.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kim Van Somerenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326588034263417558noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17813080.post-1157173055927462232006-09-01T21:55:00.000-07:002006-09-01T21:57:35.936-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6312/1726/1600/First%20Came%20the%20Seen.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6312/1726/320/First%20Came%20the%20Seen.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><em>First Came the Seen</em><br />From Popes and Pastors series<br /><br />17 color Reductive Woodcut, intaglio etching/aquatint, softground.<br /><br />2006<br /><br />Kim Van Someren<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17813080-115717305592746223?l=kimvansomeren.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kim Van Somerenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18326588034263417558noreply@blogger.com6