Process: Screen Print
The first step to a two-layer screen print patch. Brinker uses a sheet of acetate to line up her design with her pieces of canvas. She is in the process of making a multicolored penguin design.
2024
Process: Lithography
Brinker shows small moments of drawing, etching, and printing a litho stone. A process that takes hours, sometimes for weeks, is summed down to 26 seconds. She uses gum as a resist, isolating her crayon marks and tusche wash to create watery marks with a brush. The prints were 22” x 15” on BFK Rives with the stone weighing anywhere from 80-100 pounds.
2024
Process: Mark on Stone
This timelapse shows the process of applying tusche wash to a litho stone. Documenting the first time Brinker uses that medium on a stone.
2024
Zine Flip Through
Brinker flips through her zine, To say: SEE YOU LATER. She used screen print to reproduce her imagery and cut holes in the book to create windows for the two rats.
2024
Process: Painting
Brinker builds up an underpainting with acrylic paint.
2024
Print Animation
Brinker overlaps scans of physical prints to create an animation. The images stay stagnant as figures shift in and out of the composition.
2024
Process: Monoprint and Screen Print
Brinker creates a series of watercolor monoprints, layered with screen print.
2024
Timelapse: Lithography Stone Prep
Brinker records a timelapse of grinding down a large lithography stone. Chaos, both in video and process, this process took anywhere from 1-2.5 hours to prepare a stone of this size.
2024
Timelapse: Lithography Drawing
Brinker draws on top of a lithography stone, using gum as a resist. This piece was in preparation of her first solo show, An Illusion of Loveliness. This is part of a series of 3.
2024.
Timelapse: Lithography Drawing
Brinker draws on top of a lithography stone, using a reference based on a previous oil painting. This piece was in preparation for her first solo show, An Illusion of Loveliness.
2024.
Timelapse: Studio
Brinker documents the clean up of her studio wall from her junior year in college at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Each drip acts as a visual diary of a piece created.
2024
Timelapse: Tape
In the process of making a large abstract painting, Brinker removes the painter’s tape to reveal the design below.
2023
Sparkle
A small painting, a gift, showing off the reflection of the glitter in the light.
2024
Sculptural Portraits
Brinker documents a piece from high school. This features 4 portraits that interact with each other as the viewer catches different glimpses of the sculpture.
2021
Desperation: A Need to Create
This shows one of Brinker’s earliest animations. Tools used include an iPhone, a free app, and her pointer finger. Curiosity is something that has always driven the artist, a need to explore new media. Although she had no formal training or resources, Brinker found a new way to play with art.
2018