100 divided by 14 equals 12

Okay, so it doesn't make sense mathematically!  We're shooting for 100 participants in this Leftover game.   You make 14 prints and get a random dozen back.  "How come, I only get a dozen?" you ask.  Well, that's so we have one exhibition copy and one set to donate to a group that supports those in need.

Forgot the details?  Or just now considering?

Using leftover scraps of paper that you've saved knowing someday you'll have a use for them (and the time is now) create the following:

Prints:  14 (must include a hand process)

Paper Size:  Up to 5" x 7" - can be smaller, but NO larger please!

Cost:  $12.00

Due Date:  March 15, 2011

Please let me know if you're interested by emailing me at info@wingtippress.com

Just What Exactly is a Leftover?

Just what exactly is a leftover?  

As our exchange continues to grow (from Afghanistan to Australia and places in between) I realize I haven't been specific enough for some of you deep thinkers out there!   

Last year when I found all those scraps of leftover Stonehenge, Rives, Lana, etc, I envisioned each of you digging in your drawers for similar scraps, tearing them to a common size and creating a small edition of prints inspired by the word "leftovers."   Well, some of our participants were much more conceptual than that and actually found some fabulous leftover prints, tore them down to a common size and then added a common element to create a varied edition.

Hope that helps!   Now get to work.

Happy New Year!

Okay, I'm a few days late.  Which is a shame, as I've been holding on to this 1917 Max Beckman drypoint to post for a long time.  It's titled Prosit Neujahr  (Happy New Year).

By the way, we're still shooting for 100 participants and we're getting closer day by day, so spread the word!

Here's a New Year's wish for you,

May all your prints dry flat, may your ink never skin, and may your tear bar never slip!

Waiting to be Served

Just because we're up to 75 participants doesn't mean I'm not waiting for more!  Here's the scoop one more time:

Prints:  14

Size:  Up to 5" x 7" - can be smaller, but NO larger please!

Cost:  $12.00

Due Date:  March 15, 2011

Contact info@wingtippress.com

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Leftovers!

Oh yeah!  We're up to sixty some participants. Tis really the season for Leftovers and let's face it  -  we need something to look forward to over this next stretch of cold, short days and long cold nights.

And just in case you're willing to spread the word over that jar of spiced peach halves, here are the details again:

Prints:  14

Size:  Up to 5" x 7" - can be smaller, but NO larger please! (USE YOUR LEFTOVERS!)

Cost:  $12.00

Due Date:  March 15, 2011

So, my dear friends, think ink, prefer paper, love life and make art all day long!

Amy

Wingtip Press

We Want Your Leftovers

During the wars -  WWI and WWII - the US Food Administration had an ongoing campaign to remind people to save food.  Talk about recycling! This was a time when it was patriotic to reduce, reuse and recycle.   We had a common goal.   

Makes me think it's time for more posters to remind of us how we are all in this together.  Too bad it took a World War to remind us to be conscious of waste.

Posthumous Participant

I would be remiss if I failed to include Giuseppe Archimboldo as an Honorary Leftover Participant.  Now here's a guy who could win the Iron Chef, have his work hung in the 

Kunsthistorisches Museum and be the private portrait artist to the Holy Roman Emperor without blinking an onion, I mean eye.

If you're reading this with your laptop, turn it upside down,  If you're on a desktop, stand on your head!  Is this guy versatile, or what?

Oh, btw, if you're reading this blog for the first time - scroll on down a few posts to find the details for becoming our next Leftover Participant.