Posts Tagged ‘small plates’
Icon
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Icon, 1″x1″ etching on a 10″x4″ piece of watercolor paper
This is another tiny etching plate, which I inked using a method where the figure, who was etched deep enough to leave an impression in the paper, was inked in yellow, then the plate was wiped mostly clean and the rest of the surface was re-inked in red.
In classical art, yellow is the color of suffering, and of course in modern times we’re all about red for pain and blood. The diluted ink actually bled down the paper a little when it was run through the press, adding to the symbolism.
I actually did a whole series of crucifixion pieces during that time period, though this is definitely the smallest of the lot — the plate itself is only one inch square.
Icon, detail, by Amy Crook
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books
Tags: crucifix, etching, for sale, intaglio, red, small plates, yellow
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Dichotomies
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
Dichotomies, 4″x6″ etchings on watercolor paper
This print uses two small etching plates together in composition. The large plate was a piece of the same found plate from yesterday’s art, and the small plate is one of my series of smaller plates for use in larger pieces, which you can see was inked in two different colors and printed over the darker plate. I’m more pleased with the final result on this one, I think, but I like the contrast between the two pieces.
You can see how the natural deckle edge from a larger sheet of watercolor paper forms the bottom, where the hand-torn edges give character to the other three sides. I was always a bit careless about the process of breaking down the bigger sheets, so this, like many of my prints, isn’t really a perfect rectangle.
Because of the way the composition was created out of several different hand-inked and hand-placed plates, it’s one of a kind.
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Daily Art
Tags: etching, for sale, small plates
Untitled Print 1
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Untitled Print 1, 4″x6″ etchings on watercolor paper
This print uses three small etching plates together in composition. The large plate was a bit of found art — a larger piece left behind by some other artists and cut up into intriguing shapes with no real connection to the original composition. The two smaller plates were part of a series of little, reusable etching plates I made by hand.
I have another print like this that I’ll post tomorrow, which uses a different portion of the found plate and another of the small plates in a similar manner.
Because of the way the composition was created out of several different hand-inked and hand-placed plates, it’s one of a kind.
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Daily Art
Tags: etching, for sale, small plates
