Research Fellowship
My years at USF's Graphicstudio in Tampa, Florida were exciting times. This world-renown collaborative fine art publishing workshop was eager to learn of all things digital. I was chosen by Hank Hine to teach them, but I quickly fell down the rabbit hole like Alice into the wonderland of the professional art world.
One of my first projects was with the Columbian artist, Jose Alejandro Restreppo. He came to Tampa with a U-Matic video tape and a very thick piece of wood from the forests of Columbia. My task was to perform a screen capture 
from his video tape, digitizing scenes from his film. These files were opened in Adobe Photoshop and output on film using an Iris printer at a resolution specified by the printmaking staff at Graphicstudio. The film was used to expose aluminum plates for lithography.
Lesley Dill Printmaking
I returned to my studio in Clearwater, FL with negatives Ms. Dill entrusted to me and I began to digitize them on my Optronics Turbo Color Getter Drum Scanner. SEE MORE
Lesley Dill Etching
John Waters Color Gravure
This photogravure was created by digitizing a 35mm color transparency on a drum scanner. However Hank Hine directed Carlisle to create 5 color separations that were to be printed in gravure in non-traditional inks - not cyan, magenta, yellow and black. Research was conducted with Pantone and Adobe Labs to use Photoshop to build the correct densities for platemaking at Graphicstudio.
(Right) John Waters addresses the film students at Full Sail in Orlando. Photo by Steve Carlisle
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