The School of the Transfer of Energy

Terror of Jonah

jackbaumgartner — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:19:54 +0000

Freeze and Thaw: Failure and Success

jackbaumgartner — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:39:20 +0000

2012, Drypoint of Moses in the Rock, 4 1/2″ x 6″. Unlike an engraving which captures the ink in incised lines, the drypoint image is made by scratching the copper with a stylus, which raises a bur, trapping the ink on the surface of the plate. This produces a “softer” or “fuzzier” line than the crisp and precise engraved line. This also makes deeper tones possible, which I wanted for this image. I am not sure that I have not failed in my attempt. Yet I am not disappointed. Failure is the plough.

Fire and Gravel. 2012, Engraving of Waking Man drawing a comet, 3″ x 4 1/2″. The difference in line quality is readily observed in this engraved image.

A slightly earlier state of the Moses drypoint.

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Slideshow of images from the printing process.

Adze Ash, Carry Cottonwood

jackbaumgartner — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:32:56 +0000

Building Layers

jackbaumgartner — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:40:27 +0000

Building layers onto the upper half panel of Walking Man and the Ancient Ocean. Here, the clouds, sky, middle and far landscapes, and the cliff have all been recipients of a second layer on top of the underpainting. Below are two details, and the panel in two previous states.

underpainting and drawing

In The Shop (Accidental Tourist)

jackbaumgartner — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:35:06 +0000

rescued starling; walnut and ash candlesticks; neighbor’s gear and cedar table project

New Frames

jackbaumgartner — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:21:35 +0000

Mulberry frame for Moses.

Cedar and Ash frame for Jacob.

Jacob Review

jackbaumgartner — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:16:28 +0000

Robbie Pruit has written an insightful and gracious review of my painting Jacob Wrestling With God.

http://robbiepruitt.blogspot.com/2011/12/stone-and-knee-art-review-of-jacob.html

Robbie also wrote a review of the relief print of the same name and subject here.

Rustic Rocker in Eastern Red Cedar

jackbaumgartner — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:40:22 +0000

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Cantilevered rocking chair in Eastern Red Cedar. Yet to be oiled in these photos, but I like the softness and light on the forms of the unfinished cedar.

Introduction to the School of the Transfer of Energy

jackbaumgartner — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:25:42 +0000

Early Fronts-piece design for The School of the Transfer of Energy, featuring a drawing of a goatsucker.

Cover for the first handbook of The School of the Transfer of Energy.

Below is a revised and very pared down introduction to what the School of the Transfer of Energy represents:

The School of the Transfer of Energy

The Institute of Signs and Levers

The School of the Transfer of Energy was established as a tool to bring a simple order and understanding to a broad range of arts, crafts and agriculture based disciplines and the outputs of those disciplines. The Institute of Signs and Levers refers to a view of those disciplines as a deliberate and purposeful technology towards the receiving, cultivation and realization of relationship to God the Father, Son and Spirit.

Moses Drypoint

jackbaumgartner — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:37:41 +0000

Two images within the process of a drypoint of Moses in the rock. The voices of steel and copper.