Sacred Art
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Chicago, IL 60625
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Printmaking Galleries

Elke Claus : Elke Claus holds a B.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, both with a concentration in printmaking. She has extended her research abroad in printshops in Berlin (Kunstlerhaus Bethanien) and Trier (Academie der Bildene Kunst), Germany. Her artwork has been shown in several juried exhibits and in four solo shows in the Chicago area. Currently, she teaches High School students at Anchor Graphics. Her experience includes teaching college/adult courses at Columbia College, Lill Street Art Center, and The Hyde Park Art Center. TEACHING ARTIST’S BIO. ELKE CLAUS MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; BFA, Rutgers University. completed the master intaglio workshop in the Academie der Bildene Kunst in Trier, Germany. has taught art for over a decade through Anchor Graphics, Gallery 37, and Columbia College. Several regional solo exhibits have received positive reviews in The Chicago Tribune and other publications.

Elke Claus

Elke Claus holds a B.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, both with a concentration in printmaking. She has extended her research abroad in printshops in Berlin (Kunstlerhaus Bethanien) and Trier (Academie der Bildene Kunst), Germany. Her artwork has been shown in several juried exhibits and in four solo shows in the Chic ...

Updated: Jun 26, 2008 10:40am PST

Ork Posters : I am a Chicago-based graphic designer. Through my company, Ork Posters, I present my line of modern, typographic neighborhood posters for major cities around the country, and soon, the world. The Chicago neighborhood poster was the first design in the series and was certainly the most intensive with 91 neighborhoods in all. The idea for the poster came about when I embarked on a search for a neighborhood poster that fit my taste for good design, simplicity, and originality. My hunt came up empty. Instead I designed one for myself, and realized quite quickly that this wasn't necessarily something that just I wanted, it was something 'the people' wanted. Posters, in general, are more than decorative 'wallpaper', they help one portray a part of his identity. And part of one's identity is the community in which he lives, but what defines the extent of that community? My design deduces each neighborhood to a certain 'one- ness', forgetting the stereotypes and differentiations, and reminds us that we, and our areas of living, are part of one larger community. Extending this idea, I hope the line of posters not only function as maps, but also expand one's sense of community beyond that of our immediate surroundings. In an effort to put a sense of community into my own processes, the posters are printed on recycled paper with soy inks at a local, worker- owned press.

Ork Posters

I am a Chicago-based graphic designer. Through my company, Ork Posters, I present my line of modern, typographic neighborhood posters for major cities around the country, and soon, the world. The Chicago neighborhood poster was the first design in the series and was certainly the most intensive with 91 neighborhoods in all. The ide ...

Updated: Jun 17, 2009 10:34am PST

Ashley Sullivan : Ashley Sullivan Bio I can’t quite make my mind up about a favorite medium to work in… for now, it is printmaking. Through printmaking, I can incorporate multiple studios – painting, drawing, metalsmithing, woodworking, sculpting, photography, and so on. So, in the end, being a printmaker lets me not really choose one medium at all, and I get to play in each. And that’s really what it’s all about. Like I said above, printmaking isn’t just one thing. I use lots of different processes and methods – monotype, woodcut, linocut, mezzotint, etching, screenprint, collograph, and lithograph. I won’t bore you with a description of each, but I will blather on for the next few sentences about linoleum color reductions (a favorite method). I begin with a smooth bock of linoleum and carve into the surface, essentially creating a giant stamp. I roll the surface with ink and print the first layer (the amount of prints I make determines the edition number, seen in the lower left corner of my work). I then carve back into that same block of linoleum, roll it up with a different color ink, and print it on top of my first layer of color. I continue carving away at the block with each successive layer, effectively destroying the block of linoleum as I go. Every layer is hand carved and hand printed. I’m a devout fan of early poster art, and you may see some influence in my large-scale works. The city of Chicago has also crept into my images after moving here two years ago. Other influences/inspirations: shiny things, small birds, sailboats, rock and roll, paper, F. Scott Fitzgerald, glass jars, bicycles, and oxford commas. You can see some images of me playing in those other mediums here: web.mac.com/giantwombat

Ashley Sullivan

Ashley Sullivan Bio I can’t quite make my mind up about a favorite medium to work in… for now, it is printmaking. Through printmaking, I can incorporate multiple studios – painting, drawing, metalsmithing, woodworking, sculpting, photography, and so on. So, in the end, being a printmaker lets me not really choose one medium at ...

Updated: Jun 13, 2009 12:29pm PST

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