MZ WIZ

From January 10-January 21 Sofa Melon, the writer of this blog, was a resident artist at Directangle Press in Bethlehem, NH.

Don’t tell the GR, but using the Mz790 was a dream. The two drum action allowed me to see how easy life could be. LOL! I was very productive during this week printing the entirety of my book "When the Sun Fell to Earth” as well as another mini zine and prints too! It was a ton of fun hanging with Josh and Emily, Scoop, Watson, Rocky and Cinnamon in the studio while over 18 inches of snow fell. My resident buddy Grace Hagar and I kept warm by the fire and worked away during the week that we were staying in Bethlehem.

I worked on the two MZ790 machines that are located at Directangle Press with the incredible color selection that they have. There are some quirks between a one color machine and a two color machine, as the prints often don’t come out as you were expecting. The wet on wet ink action causes sections of the second layer to blend or not transfer at all. There is also a pencil setting on these machines that cause lighter graphite drawings to come out much more accurate than the GR machines can. I’m sure that playing with these machines can lead to some really interesting results, and I hope to be able to explore further.