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Normal Editions

Collaborative Printing Since 1976

Brittney Denham Whisonant

Brittney Denham Whisonant is a multidisciplinary artist, born in California and raised in Wyoming. She is an artist and educator living and working in Sheridan, Wyoming.

Background

MFA, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (2012)

Assistant Professor of Photography and Printmaking and Gallery Director of Edward Whitney Gallery, Sheridan College, Sheridan, WY

Normal Editions Projects

Brittney Denham Whisonant participated in a collaborative project with Normal Editions in the Wonsook Kim School of Art at Illinois State University with a short-term residency March 20-24, 2023 and public lecture at University Galleries March 21, 2023.

Brittney Denham Whisonant at Normal Editions, March 2023.

Brittney Denham Whisonant at Normal Editions, March 2023.

Resources

Artist Website

Prints from Normal Editions

Namesake #2

Namesake #2

Brittney Denham Whisonant
five-color lithograph
18" x 30"
edition: 30 numbered impressions
copyright 2023
N.E.W. work #23-101

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Available for sale

$700.00

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Collaboration with Brittney Denham Whisonant

Brittney Denham Whisonant

Brittney Denham Whisonant

Brittney Denham Whisonant answers questions from the audience after her public lecture, March 21, 2023

Mylar Output

Mylar Output

Erica Neal, Spencer Ray, Brittney Denham Whisonant, Peytin Fitzgerald, and Morgan Price review the progress of the digital output on one of the mylars in the technology lab.

Looking at mylar

Looking at mylar

Veda Rives Aukerman and Brittney Denham Whisonant reviewing and discussing the four CMYK mylar separations of the proposed image for the limited edition print.

Registration

Registration

Shauna Streitmatter and Veda Rives Aukerman working with the registration of the matrix layers for the printing plates.

Exploring Silver Ink Options

Exploring Silver Ink Options

Ian Cooper, Peytin Fitzgerald, and Brittney Denham Whisonant explore silver ink options at the ink mixing table.

Ink Mixing

Ink Mixing

Ian Cooper and Brittney Denham Whisonant mixing different silver ink samples for the hand drawn layer.

Plate Prep

Plate Prep

Brittney Denham Whisonant and Veda Rives Aukerman finishing a photo litho plate.

Printing

Printing

Shauna Streitmatter and Veda Rives Aukerman fanning the plate dry to pull a newsprint proof.

Sponging

Sponging

Veda Rives Aukerman and Ian Cooper prepping the sponge water for printing.

Printing Run #1

Printing Run #1

Peytin Fitzgerald rolling up the yellow ink on the large roller for the first layer of ink.

Printing

Printing

Peytin Fitzgerald and Veda Rives Aukerman discussing the ink slab preparation for the yellow layer.

Printing the Yellow Ink in Run #1

Printing the Yellow Ink in Run #1

Shauna Streitmatter sponges the photo litho plate while Peytin Fitzgerald prepares the yellow ink on the roller.

First Impression on Run #1

First Impression on Run #1

Shauna Streitmatter and Peytin Fitzgerald pull the first yellow impression for run #1.

Inspecting the Yellow Impressions

Inspecting the Yellow Impressions

Brittney Denham Whisonant inspects the yellow impressions from the first run of printing for the color trial proofing session while visiting students observe the process.

Preparing a Mylar for drawing

Preparing a Mylar for drawing

Peytin Fitzgerald, Shauna Streitmatter, and Brittney Denham Whisonant discuss options in preparing a velvet tone mylar sheet for the artist's drawing.

Printing Run #2

Printing Run #2

Peytin Fitzgerald rolling up the magenta ink roller for the second layer of the multi-layer print.

Roller Prep

Roller Prep

Peytin Fitzgerald preparing the roller for the magenta ink layer.

Printing Progress Run #2

Printing Progress Run #2

Ian Cooper and Peytin Fitzgerald at the press during run #2, magenta, of the color trial proofing session.

Printed Layers

Printed Layers

Peytin Fitzgerald and Veda Rives Aukerman looking at the combination of the yellow layer and magenta layer together.

Discussion with Visitors

Discussion with Visitors

Brittney Denham Whisonant discusses the collaborative print project with students from Adam Farcus's 2D class.

Printing Run #3

Printing Run #3

Erica Neal, Spencer Ray, and Peytin Fitzgerald printing blue for run #3 of the color trial proofing.

Printing Run #3

Printing Run #3

Spencer Ray, Erica Neal, and Peytin Fitzgerald printing the blue layer together.

Run #3 impression

Run #3 impression

Spencer Ray revealing the blue layer on the print.

Visitors

Visitors

Brittney Denham Whisonant speaking with Adam Farcus's class.

Visitors

Visitors

Brittney Denham Whisonant talking about her work and her print with Adam Farcus's 2D class.

Visitors

Visitors

Brittney Denham Whisonant (right) talking about her work and quilting with Art History Professor Melissa Johnson.

Experimenting with a variety of silver ink colors

Experimenting with a variety of silver ink colors

Veda Rives Aukerman and Shauna Streitmatter preparing the layout of the silver ink application experiment.

Experimenting with Silver Ink options

Experimenting with Silver Ink options

Experimenting with five different colors to decide which one will work best on this print.

Experimenting

Experimenting

Veda Rives Aukerman, Peytin Fitzgerald and Brittney Denham Whisonant preparing the five different silver inks to test on the print.

Experimenting

Experimenting

All five of the inks rolled out on brayers at the same time.

Comparing 2 silver inks

Comparing 2 silver inks

Veda Rives Aukerman and Peytin Fitzgerald rolling up the best two silver inks for an additional comparison.

Silver Layer Selected for Run #5

Silver Layer Selected for Run #5

Peytin Fitzgerald rolling up the silver layer to print as the top layer of the lithograph.

Printing Run #5

Printing Run #5

Veda Rives Aukerman pulling an impression of hand drawn layer for Run #5 printed in silver ink.

Reviewing Color Trial Proofing Results

Reviewing Color Trial Proofing Results

Veda Rives Aukerman, Brittney Denham Whisonant, and Peytin Fitzgerald reviewing various proofs from the color trial proofing session.

Review of the Final Layer

Review of the Final Layer

Peytin Fitzgerald and Brittney Denham Whisonant reviewing the results of the silver layer during the color trial proofing session.

The Final Decision

The Final Decision

Brittney Denham Whisonant narrows the options down to two impressions during the selection of the RTP (Right to Print) impression with Morgan Price participating in the discussion.

Final Decision

Final Decision

Shauna Streitmatter, Peytin Fitzgerald, Spencer Ray, and Brittney Denham Whisonant at the moment of the final selection of the "Right to Print" (RTP) impression to sign.

The Signing

The Signing

Brittney Denham Whisonant signing the RTP (Right to Print) impression.

RTP Confirmed

RTP Confirmed

Brittney Denham Whisonant standing in front of her signed RTP impression at the end of the week's collaboration with Normal Editions.

Group photo

Group photo

Veda Rives Aukerman, Brittney Denham Whisonant, Peytin Fitzgerald and Shauna Streitmatter in a group photo after the silver ink sample experiment.

Group photo

Group photo

Brittney Denham Whisonant, Visiting Artist; Peytin Fitzgerald, Lead Collaborative Printer; and Veda Rives Aukerman, Interim Director of Normal Editions together after a week of collaborative printing.

Normal Editions Team

Normal Editions Team

Morgan Price, Shauna Streitmatter, Spence Ray, Peytin Fitzgerald, Brittney Denham Whisonant and Veda Rives Aukerman celebrating the signed RTP (Right to Print) impression which will be used as the standard to meet in the upcoming edition printing session.

IACA Acknowledgement and Copyright

Normal Editions Workshop acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

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