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- Birthday:
- April 11
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Tyler Hewitt These collages were made between 1984 and 1988. Dadaist photocollage was the main influence on these pieces.
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Tyler Hewitt MVCC Faculty Exhibit! At the DeCaprio Gallery in the F building at Moraine. Nov. 16–Dec. 17 Reception: Thursday, Nov. 19, 2-4 p.m. I have one piece in the show, a diptych screenprint.
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Here are the final prints I made as part of my summer silkscreen class. The last day of the class was used to demonstrate monoprinting and finish up prints in progress.
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Here are a couple more prints from my recent foray into silkscreening.Both of these prints are remakes of pieces from my Postcard project from last summer. You can click the link for more details, but in a nutshell, these are reworked postcard sized collages from twenty years ago. ...
Tyler Hewitt Here are more screenprints from my recent class, as posted on my blog.
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This is the third post in a series looking at my recent attempts at screenprinting. By now, I’m getting used to the process of silkscreening, and starting to think more about what can be done with it. ...
Tyler Hewitt I'm taking screenprinting lessons this summer. See examples of what I'm making on my blog.
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As I mentioned here a couple of posts ago, I’ve been taking lessons in screenprinting. The printmaking instructor at the school where I teach has been giving me lessons in her basement studio. I’ve ...
Tyler Hewitt
Polaroid film is no longer being manufactured. Polaroid lifts and transfers are two easy and fun photo manipulation processes that are no longer possible to do as a result (some people have been working with Fuji instant film with limited results). For Polaroid lifts, a Polaroid print is soaked in hot water until the e...mulsion separates from the paper backing. The emulsion is then transferred to a new surface. Polaroid transfers are made by placing the negative side of a Polaroid peel-apart print (type 669 film) onto wet paper and braying it to transfer the dyes to the paper surface.
To make these lifts and transfers, I shot existing images onto slide film, and used a Daylab to transfer the image on the slide to the Polaroid film. While you could just load the film into a Polaroid camera and shoot images to use, most people doing these processes use a Daylab, as it allows for more flexibility and lets you use the same image for multiple attempts,
Tyler Hewitt
Polaroid film is no longer being manufactured. Polaroid lifts and transfers are two easy and fun photo manipulation processes that are no longer possible to do as a result (some people have been working with Fuji instant film with limited results). For Polaroid lifts, a Polaroid print is soaked in hot water until the e...mulsion separates from the paper backing. The emulsion is then transferred to a new surface. Polaroid transfers are made by placing the negative side of a Polaroid peel-apart print (type 669 film) onto wet paper and braying it to transfer the dyes to the paper surface.
To make these lifts and transfers, I shot existing images onto slide film, and used a Daylab to transfer the image on the slide to the Polaroid film. While you could just load the film into a Polaroid camera and shoot images to use, most people doing these processes use a Daylab, as it allows for more flexibility and lets you use the same image for multiple attempts,
Tyler Hewitt These collages were made between 1984 and 1988. Dadaist photocollage was the main influence on these pieces.
9 new photos
Tyler Hewitt I hung some 'vacation photos' in the atrium showcases of the Fine and Performing Arts Center at Moraine Valley Community College. They should be up most of the summer. Check them out if you're in the area!
Tyler Hewitt
The Holga is an infamous cheap toy camera. They have very limited control over aperture, shutter speed, and focus, and they produce images with flaws and distortions due to the poor optical quality of their plastic lens. Exposure is more difficult with Holgas than with normal cameras, due to the lack of built-in light ...meters.They are known for vignetting, light leaks, and other imperfections. These flaws are considered desirable in the resulting image. Photographers who use Holga cameras enjoy them because they force the user to forget everything they know about camera operation and work intuitively, resulting in an impressionistic rendering of the subject.
I shoot with exclusevely with expired film in my Holga, and welcome the shifts in color that occur as a result.
