October 9, 2013

Sang Art with "The Sun In Love" in Tehran biennial

An illustration from SaNg Art, Pearl Project
has been accepted in the 6th Tehran Biennial of Illustration 2013
حضور اولین تصویرسازی‌ مجموعه مروارید از پروژه‌های سنگ در ششمین بینال تصویرگری تهران 1392

Actually it is a mix-media work, adding a touch of pencil on the final mezzotint work. It seems that collaborative work never ends! You see the process:
این کار حاصل کار با مداد روی محصول نهایی چاپ مزوتینت است. به نظر می‌رسد که کار مشترک هرگز تمامی ندارد و باز هم می تواند کار دیگری روی آن انجام شود. می‌توانید مراحل کار را در تصویر ببینید:

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July 13, 2013

Pearl project is beginning


This big print was done based on one of the old traditional love stories from Mexico. This metaphorical image is the first work of the new Sang art project which is called "Pearl".  We will keep you posted. Some lines from the beginning of the story:

The Sun in love with the Moon

Popular Mexican (Mayan) tale told by Luigi Dal Cin


A long time ago, the Sun god fell in love with the Moon.
So he began giving her his rays, but the Moon remained cold in her icy whiteness.
“What can I do to win her heart?” thought the Sun, until finally he came up with an idea: “Every day I’ll pass by the Moon’s hut carrying a deer on my shoulders: she will surely be fascinated by my skills as a great hunter!”.
So he took a deerskin and filled it with ash: “It’s much more comfortable like this!” he thought contentedly. And so at every sunset, when the Moon was about to climb up into the sky, the Sun began to pass by in front of her proudly carrying the fake deer on his shoulders.


The days went by and...

About Mezzotint








Mezzotint is an old printmaking technique. The technique is based on tones to define and create image. This technique, developed in the seventeenth century and in some recent years is combined with other techniques to make a new effect.
Here is the short summery of the technique:
A metal plate, usually copper, is first roughened by mezzotint rockers by crossing on top of the copper plate, and produce a rough surface. It should be done in different directions until it is perfectly done. The surface should uniformly textured. For transferring the image artists use some other tools like Scraper and burnisher. These two tools help to create different gray tones of the image. When the burred ground is removed perfectly the white will be shown in the image. between the white part and untouched burred surface artists make gay tones. Once the image is shown, the plate is inked and wiped afterwards. At the last stage the image is transferred to the paper by passing through an etching press.
It is common that the first proof is not the perfect one, and the artist should work on the plate again to adjust the gray tones to get the desired one.

I am going to add some more pictures from different stage of the new prints. The pictures are from the first Sang art project (Emerald). 



Mini Print Competition










Another exhibition for Sang art prints (Emerald).
33th Mini Print International of Cadaques can be visited from 29th June until September 30th at the Taller Galeria Fort in Cadaqués, Spain . Here is the link to the virtual exhibition:

Emerlad in Bulgaria




Three prints of Sang art projects, from "Emerald" series, have been accepted in 12th Annual Mini Prints of lesserdra gallery in Sofia, Bulgaria.The exhibition will be held from June 13th — August 31st






http://www.lessedra.com/annual.php


May 7, 2013

Emerald technique

کارهای مجموعه زمرد با تکنیک مزوتینت انجام شده است.تکنیکی‌ که تکیه بر خاکستری‌های طرح دارد. ابتدا دندانه‌های بسیار ریزی بر سطح فلز ایجاد میشود که این کار با ابزاری به اسم راکر انجام میشود. سپس تن‌های مختلف خاکستری با خواباندن دندانه‌ها ایجاد میشود.برای ایجاد تن‌های روشن تر باید دندانه ها را بیشتر خواباند تا سطح صیقل تری به دست آید. در مرحله رنگ گذاری قسمت‌های دندانه دار که هیچ نوع سایش در آنها ایجاد نشده رنگ بیشتری در خود نگه میدارند. وقسمت‌هایی‌ که دندانه خوابیده تری دارند رنگ کمتری حفظ می‌کنن. با کنترل این سایش‌ها میتوان تن‌های مختلف خاکستری را ایجاد کرد. مسیری که ما معمولان در مزوتینت طی‌ می‌کنیم عکس طراحی‌ است. یعنی‌ در طراحی‌ ما کاغذی سفید داریم و با ابزار طراحی‌ (ذغال، مداد ، ...) طرح مورد نظر را پیاده می‌کنیم که تن های خاکستری را مستقیما میسازیم. ولی‌ مزتینت مثل طراحی‌ بر سطح کاملا سیاه آغشته به ابزار‌های طراحی‌ مثل ذغال است که مستقیم از سیاهی به سمت تن‌های خاکستری و نهایتا سفید پیش می‌‌رویم. مزوتینت یکی‌ از قدیمی‌‌ترین تکنیک‌های چاپ دستی‌ است که سابقه آن به قرن هفدهم میلادی می‌رسد.


May 2, 2013

April 29, 2013

Sang-art.com


دوشنبه ، 9/2/92 افتتاح وبسایت سنگ و 
Monday, 29 Apr 2013Sang art officially started posting projects at sang-art.com
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