I mixed a small amount of cobalt drier in the ink, so it would dry faster and allow me to print all colors in a short time. So with this series, I started with the yellow plate. I try to print from the lightest color to the darkest. They are sharper and easier to cut with than the Speedball, but I’ve found nothing that will give me better details on linoleum than my Speedball tiny v-cutter. I use a Speedball carver for most of the detail work, and then larger Flexcut tools for everything beyond that. The designs were fairly simple, so this didn’t take me too long.
#Separation studio to illustrator registration#
Registration would be pretty important, with 4 plates to match.Īfter the color separation blocks dried a couple days, I carved them all out. That was the first one for me to carve, and after it was done, I rolled it up with black ink, printed it on a transparency, which I then rubbed on the other 3 blank linoleum pieces, to transfer the image. Since I was doing 4 colors, I needed to have a key plate, that would be where most of the information for the image would be. Its faster to do on the computer, since I can quickly change colors to get an idea what the finished print would look like. At one point I scanned the sketch in the computer, to play around with colors, which area would print with which color. It’s a little light, you can click on the image to see it bigger. Below is the second sketch, where I started working on a design to incorporate all the elements. We started out with a very rough sketch, just collecting all the animals on it. I wanted to include in this post lots of photos of the process. Through printmaking I hope to turn the viewers senses on to the wonderful living things around us. I am fascinated by the shapes created by animals as they live, the relationships we have with them and the undulating and swirling fur/feather patterns. These little studies are well translated from my head to paper in detailed engravings, relief cuts and sometimes drawings. I will never be able to capture how awesome, beautiful and varied creation is around us, but I am doing my best to make footnotes. Little sublime moments are strangely sobering. The subject of my art has always been animals and nature. Living inside air-conditioned boxes and noses buried in our lives many of us don’t take time to venture out into nature and discover what it has to offer. As a whole, her body of work is varied and particular attention is paid to all the hands-on technical aspects of creating an original hand pulled print that will delight the audience with its skill and wit. In addition to images of animals, Hokkanen’s art is often imbued with a second dimension of subtle humor that reflects her personality. She is interested in the shapes animals make, the relationships we have with them, and capturing undulating and swirling fur/feather patterns.
Through her work Hokkanen hopes to convey her love and fascination towards nature and wake up the viewers senses to it. Currently the main media employed in her work is relief printing linocuts and wood engravings. Hokkanen uses a variety of printmaking, drawing and painting techniques in her art depending on what media she thinks will best convey the message she is trying to communicate. She currently lives in TX with her husband and two wild kids. In addition to showing her work on a regular basis, she has attended art fairs, been on panels at conferences, curated exhibitions and taught a variety of classes and lectures in printmaking, drawing and art history. (All degrees with a concentration in printmaking.) Since graduation Mirka has worked as a fulltime artist exhibiting work both nationally and internationally. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rockford University, Rockford, IL, in 2002, and Master of Art (2004) and Master of Fine Arts (2006) degrees from University of Dallas, in Irving, TX.
Mirka took her first printmaking class as a freshman in college and hasn’t stopped printing since. After moving to Illinois, USA, from Finland in 1998 her appreciation and closeness to nature grew even more as an international student far away from the lakes and forests that she was accustomed to. Since she was born in Helsinki, Finland, in 1979 and could walk, she has played in the woods and explored the variety of wildlife that existed around her. Nature and animals have always been fascinating to Mirka Hokkanen.
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