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Into
Monday, November 9th, 2009
Into by Amy Crook
This is another monoprint, like Gate, that’s a one-of-a-kind piece. This one always reminded me of looking down into something and seeing light reflected back, or perhaps looking up out of where you are toward the brighter blue.
I like the way the brush texture was preserved by the printing process, but softened as the water-based inks soaked into the wet paper. The random elements of printing this way always appealed to me, putting paper and plate through the printing press to see what came out the other side.
Into, 3″x3″ monoprint on watercolor paper, sold.
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Daily Art
Tags: nfs, sold
Reaching Out
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Reaching Out by Amy Crook
I’ve always been a collector of odd bits and bobbles, and at one time I acquired a bunch of handmade postcards from India. They were lovely absorbent slightly off-sized pieces with wonderfully organic deckle edges, thick and irregular and strange. I took half a dozen into the printing studio with me and this one — the first I did — has always been my favorite of the bunch. So much so that I mailed it to my dad, who was kind enough to return it once it had completed its journey, since he had no suitable way to display it.
It’s currently tucked away in a frame and happily occupying a little niche in my apartment, where it reminds me of many good things every time I glimpse at it, including the fact that I talk to my dad a lot more now than I did back then.
Reaching Out, 4″x6″ etching and monoprint on handmade postcard, nfs.
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Daily Art
Tags: etching, nfs
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