Inked

piece began as a simple drawing that was attached to a slate of cherry wood which was then carved away until the initial drawing was left in the block. This was done several times, once for each color and then for the line work. The woodblocks where inked, pressed against the printing paper individually, and then the back of the paper was rubbed with a tool called a baren to impress the inks to the paper. This tool was used so the printer could give variations on the tone of the inks for a more…

It was 5:30 in the morning and we were waiting in the cold summer air on the corner of 6th and 48th for the band Twisted Sister to play a free concert for the TV show Fox and Friends. We had been there for over two hours and had many more to go, but we were steadfast in our want to be in the front row of the concert. Being there for so long, I had struck up a conversation with a family of metalheads I was standing with. Long hair, cutoff band tees, chains, and tattoos, they were as stereotypical…

several others will be up for bid. The free agent class of 2017 could feature the likes of Dwight Howard, Derrick Rose, Blake Griffin, Russell Westbrook and Stephen Curry. The NBA's skyrocketing payrolls are the result of a lucrative television deal inked last October worth $9 billion dollars. Those upcoming free agency periods promise to be a hectic time for front offices. The NBA Players Association rejected a smoothing proposal that would artificially slow the rise of the salary cap so that…

Choosing some places to drink coffee could be pleasant worries for people. Fascinating smell of brewing coffee draws people to in sophisticated coffee shops. Sometimes it could be Tim Hortons or Starbucks. The brand of coffee shop became important factor as much as its taste for people to choose nowadays. This phenomenon shows that the coffee franchise business has been growing. Among them, the two majors, Tim Hortons and Starbucks, dominant the coffee franchise field with different prices and…

Vincent Van Gogh's work of art named Old Man with His Head in His Hands has a variety use of media and marks made throughout his work. Van Gogh shows his media by drawing and expressing the grief of the old man through his drawing with pencil on paper. He shows the solidity of the old man and shows where his surroundings are. Cross-hatching is expressed in the drawing which is drawing a set of hatching over the other but in different directions. Hatching is shown too which are parallel lines…

Los Angeles County is the most dangerous place in California because of the gang culture that moves around it (Bartholomew, 2015). Cholo, ese, vato are all words that hispanic gang members use to refer to one another. Here in California, Hispanic gangs began to form during the early 1920s or as also referred to the Roaring Twenties. These groups started to form and get together in their neighborhoods or as known as the barrios. These individuals who got together in these groups all had similar…

CNS and GE HealthCare team up for big wins Recession resistant industry provides huge opportunities The Converged Network Solutions (CNS) team and GE Healthcare (GEHC) are collaborating to provide wireless ecosystems designed, built, integrated, delivered and customized to meet the diverse challenging needs of the healthcare industry. Northeast Medical Hospital in San Antonio will be the first of six hospitals within the Methodist HealthCare System to benefit from the collaboration between…

Tattoos are one of the most controversial things that we can do to our bodies. Even when the ink going onto somebodies’ skin does not affect us, we still have our opinion on it, and some of us are not afraid to speak up about it. Some people hate them, they think tattoos are trashy or a form of destructive vandalism on the temples that we call our bodies. Other people may be head over heels in love with the idea of being able to adorn our bodies with a permanent picture. With all the controversy…

Then place each sheet on top of one of the 4-mil polyethylene layers like a sandwich. After the last sheet of soaked paper is placed on the stack, press and rub the stack to remove any air pockets. Lastly remove paper. Part 3 The linoleum sheet is inked with a roller or (called a brayer), and then impressed onto paper or fabric. The actual printing can be done by hand or with a printing press. If the printing is done by hand, the students will use a wooden spoon to apply pressure to the…

“We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal…” When George Washington, John Adams and the rest of our founding fathers inked this in to the Declaration of Independence they most certainly meant men and not their counterpart women. The mistreatment of women in our world has to be one of the most blatant issues with our modern society. In the United States every dollar a man earns a woman receives $0.72. Oppression: the prolonged cruel or unjust treatment of a culture…