Brighter colors, more letters and hexagons, a larger stack of tables and the addition of the star/asterisk motif with connecting threads.

The colors I’ve flippantly referred to as my “Summer of Love” theme, bright combos of secondaries and primaries. The leaf imagery relates to the idea of replication, the letter imagery to the book themes in Library, and other abstract imagery such as the dot/branch motif and the threads, to the rhythms of Borges’ narrative.

As you can see, it is a related but slightly different image, which includes my interpretation of the hexagonal imagery in the original story. I don’t religiously document these various stages, so I can’t always describe the order of their making. So it The threads can often intersect partially in the form of ghost images to which I add new imagery. This is a larger monotype from the same “thread”, though it does include the exact source of the top inset circle. It actually came before the smaller study, as indicated by the first impression of the top inset circle image. Thus, there may be several versions, and this is an example. When I refer to a “study”, it can function as a finished monotype, but it alludes to a larger monotype I have in mind. This is a ghost detail from a preliminary print. Each size level may yield satisfying results, however, so I’ll post a condensed history. I’ve mentioned that I have a process that involves working up ideas from small sketches to larger, ‘finished’ works. It’s a delightful story, and the themes of infinity and mathematical abstraction appealed to me at a time when I was beginning a cycle of work so I put it to the test as subject matter. Library of Babel is a Jorge Luis Borges short fiction that clearly inspired the library in Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose. Gabriel was the owner/director of independent arts venues in Vancouver and Montreal and is co-founder of Salmon River Studios- an educational art studio, artist residency and cultural events space located on his farm in Tamworth, Ontario.“Library of Babel”, Monotype, 42×30, 2022. Deerman completed an MFA at Transart Institute (New York / Berlin), a BFA from the Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, British Columbia, is a practicing and certified art instructor and has exhibited internationally. Participants are encouraged to bring watercolour paints and brushes, as well as printed/drawn images (8'x10') to use as source material (for tracing) if they wish.About the Instructor: Gabriel Deerman (1979, Bolinas, California, USA) has a practice that is largely grounded in painting, drawing and printmaking but recent forays into sculpture, kinetic devices and installation are leading steadily away from disciplinary categorization. Each participant will have time to print at least 2 plates. While monotype is simple and direct the visual look of the prints and broad possibilities for experimental applications are limitless.Provided materials: Paper, acrylic printing ink, watercolour paint, gum arabic, use of 8'x10' plexiglass plates and etching press.High quality Arches printmaking paper will be available for a small fee of $2 per 9'x11' sheet (store cost). The simplicity of the process, forgiving nature of the materials and immediate results make this technique very popular among painters and those who find printmaking to be too process intensive and finicky. Each participant will have time to produce and print two plates, resulting in finished original works on paper. In this workshop artist Gabriel Deerman will introduce you to monotype printing with watercolour and acrylic paints. To paper using an etching press or pin press - creating one of a kind Paint to a plate (in this case plexi glass) and transferring that image Register to attend at Monotype printing is a painterly and direct process of applying ink or March 23 / 6:00-9:00pm / Toronto School of Art, 980 Dufferin Street - Second Floor, Studio #21$25/person - materials included - Suitable for all experience levels.

Momotype printmaking