Dr. William Allen Jones was the first dentist licensed in BC. He was born in 1831 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA and died in Barkerville in 1897. I have not yet succeeded in finding his grave in the Barkerville cemetery. Many tourists peer into his dental clinic on the main street of Barkerville Historic Town near Wells.

Using a photo from the Barkerville archives, I designed a silk screen portrait in 8 colours (above). This will be a fundraiser for the Wells Historical Society, Friends of Barkerville, and the BC Black History Awareness Society.

These variations in the background blend show the process of achieving smoother results:

A short clip of printing the background and another clip as seen from above.

Next step: printing the shirt:

Printing a gradient base for the jacket:

Next: the underprint for the head and face:

The first posterization of the photo:

Second posterization printed:

Third posterization printed:

Fourth posterization printed:

A printed gold frame (clear ink mixed with “gold” powder) “traps” the perimeter of the print and any minor misregistrations:

This special edition will be ready in late September. More images to follow; I’ll post the fundraising information once I finish printing all the colours.