Signing my certificates of authenticity for my 20×200 prints! On sale tomorrow @ 2PM EST!
MAKING LITHOGRAPH PRINTS
Making lithographs of a Newspaper Blackout Poem from Austin Kleon on Vimeo.
More footage from our printmaking extravaganza last weekend in San Marcos. This time, it’s Clif Riley making lithograph prints of “Visual Thinking.”
SILKSCREENING
Silkscreening Newspaper Blackout Poems from Austin Kleon on Vimeo.
(Youtube link for Iphone users.)
Video of my friend and painter/printmaker extraordinaire Curtis Miller pulling screenprints of Newspaper Blackout Poems last weekend in San Marcos, Texas. (Tell him how awesome they are on twitter.)
The prints will be on sale soon!
Also: the ACLU digs blackout poetry:
CATASTROPHE INTO NOTHING
This is poem 8 out of 30 celebrating April as National Poetry Month (Inter)national Newspaper Blackout Poetry Month!
There’s nothing especially remarkable about this poem, except for the fact that I did it live in front of a camera. Because I don’t keep track of time while I’m making them, I never really know how long these things usually take—but this one took about 17 minutes, which I think was more of a result of nerves in front of the camera than any poetic ingenuity.
Here’s the making in 224 frames:
And here’s a time-lapse video:
Making a newspaper blackout poem (time-lapse video) from Austin Kleon on Vimeo.
Just a little experiment. Hope you enjoy it.
TODAY’S SHOUT-OUT! goes to Drew Myron, who took a stab at his her (sorry, Drew!) own blackout poem. Rock on, Drew!
DRAWING ON CAMERA
Drawing Megzo from Austin Kleon on Vimeo.
I just bought an Aiptek A-HD+ 1080P HD cheapcam, and here’s a little test video I did of myself drawing.
As with any new toy tool, I’m not real sure what I’m going to use it for. You get the tool first, and then you find a use for it…
Time-lapse videos of blackout poems?