VIZArt

Shoji Lanterns exchange print

2009-11-03T13:43:00.000-08:00

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Shoji Lanterns
paper size: 4 X 10 inches
image size: 3 X 9 inches
edition: 100
Black oilbased ink woodcut on Hosho paper with chine colle using tissue paper and a little pastel in the light cast by the lanterns printed by hand with a baren. I didn't carve the light cast by the lanterns i just wiped those areas with a rag.
These are the solar shoji lanters that hang in my garden, a gift from my mom;) I love looking out at them from my window at night sometimes i imagine a little cricket singing in the spotlight.

Washington Lottery Ad with my apple woodblock prints

2009-10-06T23:05:00.000-07:00

here is a link to the ad
click on the apple after the $10K=

Raven (Woodblock Print)

2009-09-08T09:49:00.000-07:00

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Raven
Moku-Hanga (Japanese method woodcut)
sumi ink mixed with blue Iridescent Mica powder printed on Magnani Pescia pale blue paper
image size: 9X14
paper size 10X15
when the light hits this piece just so the raven has a subtle blue iridescence.

Labradoodle siesta

2009-06-16T22:05:00.000-07:00

Scarecrow

2009-06-10T16:01:00.000-07:00

Jill Portrait

2009-06-06T19:09:00.000-07:00

exchange 40 Passing Storm

2009-05-02T09:45:00.000-07:00

i re carved the lines in the hills and changed colors and paper from Masa to Rives lightweight
i used sap green for the hills and sumi ink and paynes gray
moku-hanga (Japanese woodcut method) on Rives lightweight paper watercolor and sumi ink

OX (Woodblock Print)

2009-03-17T13:42:00.000-07:00

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: OX
woodbock print two blocks
image size:9X14
paper size: 10X15
State Proof

I think that i like the one with the gray watercolor in the curls better. i also plan on using 18 or 22 karat gold leaf instead of this composition stuff its a little too yellow.

Melissa ACEO (original watercolor one of a kind)

2009-03-06T01:07:00.000-08:00

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Melissa
ACEO original ink and watercolor not a reproduction
acid free watercolor paper
image size:2.5X3.5 inches
signed by artist

Passing Storm (original woodblock print)

2009-03-05T13:34:00.000-08:00

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Passing Storm
moku-hanga (Japanese woodcut method) on Masa paper watercolor and sumi ink
paper size: 7.5 X 10 inches
image size:4.5 X 8
This is a state proof
signed by artist

ACEO

2009-02-13T19:31:00.000-08:00

Emily and Vanessa ACEOs

ACEO

2009-02-13T19:25:00.000-08:00

I started to make ACEOs as part of my create one piece of art a day resolution.
These are pen and ink drawings with watercolor.

Top Hat (relief etching on zinc)

2009-02-06T17:17:00.000-08:00

Artist: VIza Arlington
Title: Top Hat
Relief etching on zinc printed on Rives BFK
image size 1.5X4 inches
edition 50
signed and numbered

i have drawn directly on the zinc plate with a paint pen, then gave the plate an acid bath that left the lines that had drawn standing in relief. ink is rolled onto the surface and printed like a woodblock or linocut.
this was my first experiment with this process next time i will try using tusche and a pen and or brush the sharpie paint pen was kind of difficult to use but i was drawing on a very small plate.

Kneeling Girl (after Emil Nolde)

2009-02-05T18:50:00.000-08:00

Artist: VIza Arlington
Title: Kneeling Girl (after Emil Nolde
Collograph on Rives BFK paper
image size 4X6 inches
paper size 7.5X10
edition:60VE
signed and numbered original print

Winter Aspen (Exchange 39)

2009-02-05T18:46:00.000-08:00

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Winter Aspen
moku-hanga (Japanese woodcut method) on Rives lightweight paper watercolor, mica and sumi ink three blocks (white with mica, blue, and black) hand printed
paper size: 6.6 X 15 inches
image size: 5.6 X 14 inches
edition 100
signed and numbered original print

ThreadBear Logo (Woodblock Print)

2008-11-22T10:38:00.002-08:00

This is my first logo it is for a quilt shop in New Mexico.
I used beech plywood same as on Arion. It is really hard but other than that a very nice wood for carving.
i used my wood burning tool for all line work and a knife and gouges for clearing. the lettering took forever it seemed.
Graphic Chemical oil based ink with watercolor on masa paper. i think i might switch the red and green spools but other than that i'm pretty happy with the way it has turned out.
Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: ThreadBear
woodbock print hand colored
image size:9X12
paper size: 11X14

Arion exchange 38

2008-10-11T07:47:00.000-07:00

this was my original plan but now i cant decide which one i like better
Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Astraeus
woodbock print two blocks
image size:9X14
paper size: 10X15

Arion exchange 38

2008-10-08T20:17:00.001-07:00

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Astraeus
woodbock print
image size:9X14
paper size: 10X15

Westinghouse Fan (original etching)

2008-09-28T16:08:00.000-07:00

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Westinghouse Fan
etching and drypoint on Rives BFK paper
image size: 5X4
paper size: 7X5
edition: 50
signed original print
This great old fan still lives in my spare bedroom and works great even though the cloth cord is somewhat scary.

la de da

2008-09-17T14:20:00.001-07:00

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: la de da
etching on Rives BFK
image size: 4X6
paper size: 6x9
edition: 50
signed original print

Islands

2008-09-15T14:53:00.000-07:00

the island shadows are bothering me so i am in the process of taking them out. now i have to scrape, burnish and redo my aquatint on the water. for such a simple looking drawing it has been a long process i bet i have printed at least 10 states os far.
Artist: VIza Arlington
Title: Islands
Etching, aquatint, dry point, etching on Rives BFK
image size 6X9 inches
this is one of my Alaska inspired prints

Cole (trial proof)

2008-08-11T19:24:00.001-07:00

three pears / first way

2008-08-02T07:51:00.001-07:00

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Three pears first way
moku-hanga (Japanese woodcut method)
on Rives BFK heavyweight paper
waterbased inks
image size: 3.25X7.25
paper size: 5.5X9.25 inches
signed and numbered original print

Orca (woodblock print)

2008-07-27T17:28:00.000-07:00

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Orca
moku-hanga (Japanese woodcut method) on Rives BFK heavyweight paper
waterbased inks
paper size: 7.5X10 inches
signed and numbered original print
This is the first print inspired by my recent trip to Alaska.

Untitled (original linocut)

2008-06-25T08:18:00.000-07:00

Artist: Viza Arlington
Title: Untitled
Two color blockprint hand colored butterfly
with watercolor
image size:4X4 inches
paper size: 5X5
oil based ink printed on Rives BFK paper