Les créations de Lucienne Mc Kirdy
Mon style et ma philosophie
« Il faut être perdu et avoir perdu le monde, pour se trouver soi-même »
Henry David Thoreau
Mes productions
Mon parcours artistique
The Artist's Struggle
What is the meaning of life? Why are we here? What can we make out of the materiality of this world? How can art and writing help us cope with the difficulties of life and to transform them into something that has beauty or significance to us? How can art help us to understand ourselves better and come to a better understanding of others, while contemplating our Being-in-the-World? Where is the boundary between Art and Life? How can we renegotiate this boundary? How can art and writing transform our perception of the world as we know it and how can this change in perception actually change our immediate surroundings and our relationships to others? How can art make us stronger? Or rather, how can it heal us or give expression to our struggles in life?
The Bioptic Review
The Bioptic Review est un ouvrage collective de poésie et de l'art, en anglais et français, avec Baptiste Vandaele, Zahra Marwan, Ilaria Borrelli, David Sirois, Alison Grace Koehler, Jason Stoneking, Raluca Petrescu, Caroline Adler Micó, Djoé, Matthieu Regout, Jessica Talley, Valentina Ramirez, Zarina Zabrisky, Anaïs Garde, George Louis Bartlett, Malik Crumpler, Shalini Adnani, Oto Cronopio, Lucienne Mc Kirdy, Simon Rogghe, Thom Cock, Philippe "Fil de l'air," Oriane Wedd, Alexandre Papiens, Shaghayegh Cyrous, Moe Seager, Rufo Quintavalle, Moro Maldito, et Déborah Heissler. https://www.amazon.com/Bioptic-Review-Lucienne-Mc-Kirdy-ebook/dp/B07C8M6F3F
The Four Processes of Printmaking
Relief – “Relief prints result from a raised printing surface. In other words, the portion of the block or plate meant to take the ink is raised, while the nonprinting areas are cut away below the surface. The most common form of relief printing is the woodcut. In this method an image is drawn on a wood block, and then the nonimage areas are cut away with sharp tools. The remaining, raised areas are inked, paper is laid on the block, and then the back of the paper is rubbed to pick up the inked image. Variations of the relief process include linoleum block printing (linocut) and wood engraving.”
Intaglio – “ In intaglio printing, the image areas are depressed below the surface of the plate. Lines are incised into a metal plate or some other surface, either with a sharp tool or with acids. When the printer rolls ink onto the plate, these lines hold the ink, after which the surface is wiped clean. Paper forced into the depressed lines with a press picks up the image. Intaglio techniques include engraving, etching, drypoint, mezzotint, and acquatint.”
Lithography – “Lithography is a planographic process, which means that the printing surface is flat, neither raised nor depressed. In this case, printing depends upon a chemical reaction – the mutual antipathy of grease and water. Images drawn in greasy crayon on a lithographic stone or metal plate attract the ink, while the undrawn areas are treated so as to repel it. Printing is done on a lithographic press.”
Serigraphy – “Serigraphy, also known as silkscreen or screen printing, is an adaptation of the basic stencil-making technique. Image areas are drawn on a fabric mesh, usually silk or nylon, and the nonimage areas are made nonporous. A squeegee pulled across the screen forces ink through the image areas and onto the printing paper directly underneath.”
– Donald Saff and Deli Sacilotto, Printmaking: History and Process, New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1978, p. 4.
The Unknown
The best is yet to come. We can only keep fighting and keep creating in order to reverse the process of self-erasure and alienation that society has forced upon us to conform to the norms of the workforce.
