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P​rint Editions​​

​Intaglio and Relief prints. Monotypes.

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My printmaking tools: burin, brayers, inks and wooden spoon.
Printmaking is a demanding discipline. There are Master Printers, whose only function is to translate the visions of artists into  perfect Intaglio and Relief prints.
     Then there are artists,  like me, who handle the whole process, from concept  to finished print, ourselves and enjoy the experience.
      At  Hovedskou School of Art, in Gothenburg, we were taught etching, dry-point, aquatint and lithography  hands on and from the ground up.   The equipment was archaic, but functional, and  though the 19th century 'Litho' press  drew sweat , tears and, on occasion, blood,  we learned, that   technology changes but the  principles of printing  remain   the same. 
        I now work with even simpler tools: burin, brayer and ink,  mulberry paper and  my grandmother's old wooden cooking spoon, worn smooth by generations of stirring  large pots of stew and preserves.

 It happens to be perfect for burnishing  the back of the paper, and is much coveted by my colleagues. 

       Because each relief  print is prepared and printed individually , there are subtle differences  even within  editions.
"Limited edition" means that the prints are numbered. For example:'1/30'  is the first of 30 prints, and   no more than 30 will be produced in that  edition. 
'Open edition' means that any number of prints can be made from one block or plate, but please note, that each one of these is still an original and not a reproduction.


        My prints have been exhibited  in London, Paris, Brussels, The Triennal of Small Prints in Chamalliere, France,  Martinique, Barbados, Caracas, Venezuela* and Gothenburg, Sweden.   
*Feria Iberoamericana de Arte, Caracas, Venezuela. 2013.

 Click here for list of print exhibitions.

            
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  • Home
    • Woman Gathering
    • Dragondance
    • Pan and People
    • Spirit of the Goddess
    • Songs of Freedom
    • Work on paper
  • Print Editions
    • Root of the Waters
    • Mother of Nightbirds
    • Middle Passage
    • Sharpeville
    • Shattered Matrix
    • Monotypes
    • Calabash
  • Blue Bird Meditations
  • Blog
  • Exhibitions