Dan Mayer

Masters of Fine Arts, Printmaking

Thesis Exhibition

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Lady Liberty, Sculptural bookform with shaped ceramic covers (stained and fired in black and red) relief printed from movable metal types, Encyclopedia Britannica book-block contour shaped into ceramic covers, 8˝ x 11˝ x 6˝, 2007. Concatenation, Sculptural bookform with shaped ceramic covers (stained and fired in black, red and blue) relief printed from movable metal and woodtype, Encyclopedia Britannica book-block contour shaped into covers, 5˝ x 9˝ x 3˝, 2007 pretext, Scultptural bookform with shaped ceramic covers relief printed from movable metal and woodtype, Encyclopedia Britannica book-block contour shaped into covers, 8˝ x 11˝ x 5.5˝, 2006 New Wor(l)d Dictionary, Sculptural bookform with shaped ceramic covers relief printed from woodtype, photopolymer plate and other relief surfaces, Webster Dictionary book-block contour shaped into covers, 6˝ x 9˝ x 6˝, 2006
Erasmus On Morality, Boxform that contains ceramic rhetoric sticks relief printed from movable metal types, photopolymer plates and other relief surfaces, Rhetoric sticks measure 2” to 18” long, Artist constructed boxform: 8˝ x 22˝ x 2˝, 2007 Rummie’s Poetry, Boxform that contains ceramic rhetoric sticks relief printed from movable metal types, photopolymer plates and other relief surfaces, Rhetoric sticks measure 2” to 18” long, Artist constructed boxform: 8˝ x 22˝ x 2˝, 2007 Rummie’s Poetry (detail),  Ceramic rhetoric sticks relief printed from movable metal types, photopolymer plates and other relief surfaces, Ceramics stained-fired in black, red, and blue, Rhetoric sticks measure 2” to 18” long, Artist constructed boxform: 8˝ x 22˝ x 2˝, 2007 Elevated Threat, Artist’s bookform with found copperplate engraving, NY Times text and topo map laser transfers, gessoed/painted/sanded covers, and gold leaf, 3.25˝ x 4.75˝ x 1˝, 2006
Le Retour à la Raison, Artist’s bookform with woodcut, letterpress, and gessoed/painted/sanded covers, 3.25˝ x 4.75˝ x 1˝, 2007 Cows in a Landscape, Artist’s bookform with found copperplate engraving, seismic graph laser transfers, gessoed/painted/sanded covers, 3.25˝ x 4.75˝ x 1˝, 2007 Temperacia, Two-sided sculptural artist’s bookform with drypoint etching on found dictionary text, 19th century temperance map digitally printed on artist’s own handmade Japanese paper, letterpress, reliquary, gessoed/painted covers, and gold leaf, 8˝ x 10˝ x 2˝, 2003

Random Text, Sculptural artist’s bookform with gessoed and painted covers, 8˝ x 10˝ x 2˝, 2004

Schrift/Werk, Artist’s bookform with collagraph, photopolymer relief plates, Lexan covers, alternative laser transfers, drawing, and gold leaf, Edition of 20, 4.25˝ x 5.25˝ x ¼˝ (closed), 2003-07

Schrift/Werk, Artist’s book with collagraph, photopolymer relief plates, Lexan covers, alternative laser transfers, drawing, and gold leaf, 16˝ x 5.25˝ x ¼˝ (opened), 2003-07 Fig.63., Discarded bookpage with Volvelle, drypoint etching, chine collé, alternative laser transfers, and gold leaf, Edition variée, 4˝ x 6˝, 2006 Plate 3a., Discarded bookpage with drypoint etching, chine collé, collagraph, alternative laser transfers, and gold leaf, Edition variée, 4˝ x 6, 2005
(fig. 19)., Discarded bookpage with drypoint etching, chine collé, alternative laser transfers, and attachment, Edition varieé, 4˝ x 6˝, 2007 Fig. 67c., Discarded bookpage(s) with drypoint etching, chine collé, alternative laser transfers, and gold leaf, Edition variée, 4˝ x 6˝, 2006 (no. 12-c), Discarded bookpage with sanded/effaced surface, drypoint etching, chine collé, and alternative laser transfers, Edition varieé, 4˝ x 6˝, 2007 (plate no. 47), Discarded bookpage with sanded/effaced surface, drypoint etching, chine collé, andalternative laser transfers, Edition variée, 4˝ x 6˝, 2007

 

Dan Mayer: Artist Statement and Resume

 

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