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My artist report is about Jim Henson, born James Maury Henson in Greenville, Mississippi on September 24, 1936. Jim Henson is the creator of the Muppets and had a large influence in the modern children's series "sesame street." He attended the University of Maryland, College Park. Jim Henson's career started when he took a trip to Washington DC to perform with Kermit the frog on the "Sam and Friends" show, which was a late night puppet show that played after the 11:00 news. In 1979 "The Muppet Show" was created, this was a HUGE step for Jim Henson, seeing as it was an instant hit. Three years later, Jim Henderson wrote and directed "The Dark Crystal" which was a fantasy movie based on another planet. The Dark Crystal is a movie that people still enjoy to this day. a year after The Dark Crystal was created, Jim Henson came out with another smash TV series called "Fraggle Rock". Fraggle Rock was a TV series designed to appeal to as many different cultural groups as it could. Jim had 5 children. He died all to soon on May 16, 1990. Walking pneumonia was the cause of his death. He was so concerned with not burdening his family that by the time he went to see a doctor about it, it was too late. Jim Henson surely was an influential figure in puppetry and modern creative processes alike.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001345/bio

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Personally, this one is my favorite. Most of the pieces in this show were difficult for me to decipher in terms of CannonBall Press' "inspiration" for this series of prints. But when i saw this print it basically jumped out at me. The serpent is corporate america and the mice are the blind middle class scurrying straight into the mouth of its surveyor. totally. I just think it's super sick, the thing is huge.

I just thought this one was cool, it clearly shows us how young people are shoving their faces full of piercing. Cannonball press transforms this idea into the carnie-esque freak show. This thing is like have the size of the serpent one.

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Considering that the renaissance was not only revolutionary but also partially religiously driven, Gutenberg's invention of the printing press and mass production of The Bible was very influential to everyone in Europe. Now  people could mass produce books that would take them months to write by hand. The printing press continues to influence contemporary artists by making it easy for them to make many prints in far less time. This invention made it possible to print images carved out of metal.
Photocopier art is similar to letter press in different ways. The thing it has most in common with letter press is its ability to duplicate many images in a short period of time. On the other hand, it could also be considered a lazy or "cutting corner" way to finish a piece.

rotogravure :  a process of printing in which paper or plastic is rolled through intaglio cylinders.

lithography: a printing process in which images made out of aluminum, zinc or lithographic stone are impressed onto paper.

Blind stamp: a embossed seal that has been pressed onto a print to distinguish the artist who made it.

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hi. i made this blog. exciting.