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Farm Child's Playground - Prt 1 - Series is Sold
"Farm Child's Playground" is a collagraph print. This is #8 of a series of 12. The image measures 12 x 18 inches and is matted in a neutral mat, which measures 18 x 24 inches. The plate was made as a collage, in reverse, and printed in intaglio. This image was created from a real barn near Bellevue, OH, where my husband grew up. It is reminiscent of the haymow in Iowa where I played on my farm when I was a child. The image has an embossed surface as well as rich textures and values in a rich burnt brown.
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First UCC, Anamosa, IA - Prt 2 - $125
"First UCC, Anamosa, IA" is a collagraph. This is #4 of a series of 10. It measures 12 x 18 inches for the image and 18 x 24 inches when matted in a neutral color. The image is a rich, sepia tone. The color is warm. (More like Prt3, below.) This is an image of one of the churches my husband served. This was my children's church when they grew up. It is on First St. in Anamosa, IA, the same community where Grant Wood, regional artist of "American Gothic" reputation, was born and raised. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Moving Out - Prt 3 - $50
"Moving Out" is a collagraph that is cut in the shape of an antique car. The plate is cut into a free form. The print measures 9 x 8 1/2 as the image and is matted in a neutral color to 15 x 16 inches. I was inspired by a mint condition antique automobile on exhibition at the Allen County Museum in Lima, OH, where I lived for eleven years. I took my students from Elida Local Schools to the museum to draw historic objects. This print is #4 of a series of 10. $50 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Wood Sun - Prt 4 - $50
"Wood Sun" is a collagraph measuring 13 x 11 1/2 as an image, which mats to 18 x 24 in a neutral color. This one is #1 of 10 in a series. It has strong values and rich textures as well as an embossment in the paper. I like doing suns in multiple mediums. I have done them since I first entered art. $50 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Essenkorb - Prt 5 - $125 Sold
"Essenkorb" is a print about the Amana Colonies in Eastern Iowa. The image is 11 1/2 x 14 and is matted in a neutral color to the size of 19 x 20. It is #1 in a series of ten. The textures and embossed surfaces are rich in values. I was taught that the basket was taken to the communal kitchen in Amana, a settlement of the Divine Inspirationalists, a group of Germans seeking religious freedom in America. They set up seven communities in the group called Amana. The basket was filled with a meal for the family. The woman returned to her home from the communal kitchen with food and the family ate. I like that idea! The type of print is a collagraph. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Dad's Not Done With Milkin' Yet - Prt 6 - $75
"Dad's Not Done With Milkin' Yet" is a polymer collagraph print. The image is built up from dark to lights by painting with layers of polymer glue on stretched nylon. When printed, the ink appears darkest where there is the least glue. When I would ask my mother when was "supper" on the farm, Mom would say, "Dad's not done with milkin' yet." Nightime was quiet and peaceful in Iowa. The print measures 12 x 18 inches. It is in a neutral mat, which completes it to 18 x 24 inches. It is #1 in a series of 10. $75 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Weaving Draft for Purple - Prt 7 - $75
"Weaving Draft for Purple" is a three-color print done on stretched nylon with polymer layers that create the areas of lights and darks. It is one of the many methods of making a collagraph. It was printed first in red, then blue, and then blue purple. Each area is an interpretation of drafts on paper for determining patterns when weaving on a loom. To me, the image also suggests a figure, almost Pre-Columbian in form. The print is 12 x 18 and mats to 18 x 24. It is in a neutral mat. This is the #6 print of 10. $75 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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The Log House - Prt 8 - $125
"The Log House" is a collagraph. The drawing is of the log house near Anamosa, IA, where our family lived for two-and-one-half years while the children were growing up. All four of us think of it as a very special place. We were lucky to have lived there; it was like a two-year vacation in a grove of walnut trees a short mile from Stone City, IA. Stone City was where Grant Wood (American Regionalist, Iowa artist) had an art colony during the Great Depression. The image measure 12 x 18 and is matted in a neutral color, measuring 18 x 24 inches. The tone is sepia brown, warm and rich. This is #4 in a series of 8. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Ringo Was A Star - Prt 9 - $125
"Ringo Was A Star" is a shaped collagraph. The plate is the shape of the clown. It was printed in black and then colors were stenciled onto the surface prior to printing. The print measures 12 x 17 in the image and with a neutral mat it measures 18 x 24 inches. This is #1 of 10 in the series. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Prewitt Co. - Prt 10 - $125
"Prewitt Co." is the title of this collagraph. It came about when I was creating the collaged plate. I needed a name for the general store. I looked at my cutting knife and it said "Prewitt" on it! I like antiques and remember some rather interesting old stores in the small communities I grew up in, in Iowa. There was one in Massilon, IA, population about sixty people, in which you could go for emergency supplies and still walk in with bare feet! The general store was the center of all community information. The sepia brown colored print measures 14 x 17 and in its neutral mat it measures 20 x 24 inches. This is #1 of a series of 6. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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We're All In Our Places with Sun Shiney Faces - Prt 11 - $125 Series is Sold
"We're All in our Places with Sun Shiney Faces" is a series of ten collagraph prints done with three different plates. It was printed in multiple colors of orange, gold, and sienna. It required two runs through the printing press as well as hand brayering. It is very rich in tone and texture. Multiple fabrics were used. The sun measures 18 inches in diameter. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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View from the Garden - Prt 12 - Series is Sold
"View from the Garden" documents the view I saw on the farm when I came back from picking vegetables from my mother's garden in Iowa. The old shed in the back of the house was once a summer kitchen. This collagraph measures 12 x 18 without the mat. It was printed in sienna inks. There are 8 prints in the series.
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Celestial Meeting - Prt 13 - $125
"Celestial Meeting" is a resist print done with polymer glue on a nylon fabric. The lightest areas of the print have the most layers of glue. I had to think in reverse to create the image, deciding where the blacks should be untouched first. This is a variation on a collagraph. It was printed in the printing press with black ink on cream colored paper. There are ten images in the series. The print is 12 x 18 inches and mats to 18 x 24 inches. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Aka Says the Egg Came First - Prt 14 - $125
“Aka Says the Egg Came First” is inspired by my dear friend, Aka Pereyma, Troy, OH. Aka is an international artist of Ukraine heritage. She has been given the Ukraine Cultural Medal of Honor for her art work preserving her birthplace. She makes Ukraine Eggs and I have one in a brandy snifter. She raises chickens and is adamant that the egg came first.
This is a collagraph print measuring 20 x 23 inches matted in a cream mat which is archival. There are 12 in the series. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Prt 15 - $125
This collagraph was inspired by antique objects in the Allen Co. Museum, Lima, OH. It measures 15 x 19 inches, matted in a cream archival mat. The image is drawn, collaged with textural materials, water proofed, inked, wiped and then hand printed. There are ten in the series. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Attic Gifts - Prt 16 - $125
I titled this “Attic Gifts.” I enjoy going to antique shows and flea markets. I have learned a lot about history through the exploration of objects. I particularly enjoy the shows at the Clark Co. Fair Grounds, Springfield, OH. This image is a composite of things I have seen there. It took me about ten days to create the collage for the print alone. It was also very difficult to ink and print. I like the image and if you are eclectic, like me, you will study the image and find new shapes all of the time. It measures 18 x 24 inches, matted in a cream archival mat. There are ten printed in the series. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Prt 17 - $100
There is only one of this embossment with drawing. I made an embossed image off of my collagraph plate. (An embossment is a raised relief print with no ink.) Then I used sepia pencils and colored pencils to create this image. $100 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Blue Roots - Prt 18 - $125
“Blue Roots” is a collage of natural materials and collaged fibers and textures. I used pressed plants and flattened them multiple times before using them in the plate. This method is a collagraph technique. It has nice values. It is a series of ten. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Cast Iron Cookin' - Prt 19 - $125
“Cast Iron Cookin’” is a collagraph that references my great grandmother. I have a clear memory from the time I was three years old of being in her kitchen where she had a massive cast iron stove. There was a large farm table and the men would number thirteen to fifteen at dinner time during hay season. There are ten in the series. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Drake - Prt 20 - $90
“Drake” is a family name. It also means dragon in Swedish. When my son married Anna, a woman from Sweden, they both gave up their last names and legally adopted the name Drake. They gave me a hand carved dragon at their wedding. This is an interpretation of it done as a collagraph. I documented its construction in a brochure about how to make this type of print. The image itself is 5 x 7 inches and is matted 12 x 14 in an archival mat.
“Drake” is a series of fifteen. $90 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Four White Faced Herefords - Prt 21 - $125
“Four White Faced Herefords” is a large collagraph measuring 18 x 24 matted in a cream archival mat. It was tedious to create, but I love the image. Dad would buy beef cattle, and when they first arrived at the farm they were as curious about us as we were of them. This image is right out of my youth on the farm in Iowa. It took about ten days to create the plate and at least one-and-a-half hours to ink, hand wipe and print one image. There are 14 in this series. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Queen - Prt 22 - $125
“Queen” was a name dad used to identify a parentage line in his twenty Holsteins. The cows came to the barn for milking at 5 AM and PM every day, seven days a week. He used a Surge milker like the one pictured and I remember the stainless steel cans and pails. The milk was steamy and sweet smelling when he poured it from the milker to the cans. The milker hung on a leather strap around the cow’s belly. The barn had a warm pungent smell, not offensive, distinctive. This collagraph has a hazy feeling like the light in the barn. It measures 18 x 24 inches, matted in archival black mat. This series is made up of 12 editions. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Four Birds - Prt 23 - $125
“Four Birds” measures 15 x 22 matted in a cream archival mat. It is a collagraph.
I like birds, but I confess I get a little creepy feeling if I see too many of them all in a row. I think that is because I remember everyone trying to scare off flocks of starlings. It was fun to explore the textures though. There are 15 editions in the series. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Geraniums - Prt 24 - $125
“Geraniums” is a collagraph that I did with a shaped plate. The upper edge is a free form, and the sides are geometric. It measures 18 x 22, matted in a white archival mat.
Geraniums are a flower I can grow! They are also a flower I associate with Iowa, the farm, and the painter Grant Wood. Mom had them growing in pots on the steps and around all of the farm buildings. I like the splash of red. The series has 14 editions. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Green Cheese - Prt 25 - $125
“Green Cheese” is created from two different collagraph plates. I used many different fabrics and textures. Then, I printed it in two printings. I printed the blue circle first and then I printed the half moon on top of the blue paper using yellow and orange ink. They blended to make “green cheese.” I always see faces in the moon. This measures 20x 20 inches in a white archival mat. This series numbers 16. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Felix’s Moon - Prt 26 - $125
“Felix’s Moon” measures 17 x 22, matted in a white archival mat. Felix is my grandson; he lives in Sweden. I think about him all the time, and when I see the moon I think it is watching over him far away. This is a glue print which is a type of collagraphic print. The plate is stretched with nylon. The nylon holds the darkest ink when printed. Then, I build up layers of “light” by painting glues on the surface. The more layers, the lighter the areas
are in the print. I have to color code the glue with food coloring to know what stage I am on. Then, I can ink it like an intaglio print in the printing press. There are 12 in this series. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Illustration Moon - Prt 27 - $125
There is only one of the “Illustration Moon.” I experimented with this. I ran a “ghost,” or lighter image, after I printed a copy of “Felix’s Moon.” Then, I did some drawing on the lighter ghost with colored pencil and chalk. I thought it looked like a classic illustration for an old book. It is matted in a white archival mat measuring 17 x 22 inches. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Quarter Moon - Prt 28 - $125
“Quarter Moon” measures 16 x 20 inches in a white archival mat. It is highly textured and was printed in multiple colors as a collagraph. There are 12 editions in this series. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Red Faced Sun - Prt 29 - $125
“Red Faced Sun” is 22 x 22 inches in a white archival mat. It was made from three layered plates. Open areas were cut to reveal the surface below. There was a lot of use of fabrics to create textures. The plate itself was cut in the shape of a sun. It required two different inkings and printings. Each print took three hours to print one copy. Ten editions are in this series. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Helen’s Pineapple - Prt 30 - $125
“Helen’s Pineapple” is a tribute to the skills of my mother-in-law. She was a remarkable craftsman in crochet and tatting. I had pieces of her work that were worn but I just couldn’t toss them. So I worked around the holes and created a three-layer color collagraph from the scraps. This required three plates and three hours of inking and printing to pull one copy of the print. It measures 16 x 17 inches, matted in white archival mat. This is an edition of ten. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Hedge Row - Prt 31 - $125
“Hedge Row” means a wind break on a farm or it can mean the undergrowth by the fences that outline the fields. I pressed various plants and weeds which grew as a hedge row. Then I collaged them with other materials to create this collagraph. It is 16.5 x 24 inches, mounted in a white archival mat. There are 14 in the series. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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South 40 - Prt 32 - $80
“South 40” was the way Dad identified his fields. He would say, “I am going to go down and plow the South 40.” We would know were to watch for the tractor or take him lunch.
This is a glue print which is a type of collagraphic print. The plate is stretched with nylon. The nylon holds the darkest ink when printed. Then, I build up layers of “light” by painting glues on the surface. The more layers, the lighter areas there are in the print. I have to color code the glue with food coloring to know what stage I am on. Then I can ink it like an intaglio print in the printing press. This is matted in archival cream colored mat, measuring 12 x 14 inches. Fifteen were printed in the series. $80 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Bear - Prt 33 - $85
“Bear” is a shaped plate. I visited my cousin in the NW and then studied the Native American cultures of the area. I loved to use them as a reference to teach concepts to my adolescent students about identity, community, and strength. I experimented with printmaking as the medium for the unit. This is 15 x 18 inches matted. $85 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Bear Two - Prt 34 - $85
“Bear Two” is the second phase of experimenting with image Prt 34. In this case, I worked with a “ghost” of the print and added drawing on top. This is also 15 x 18 matted. $85 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Cellulite Panic - Prt 35 - $100
“Cellulite Panic” is a humorous play on the Venus of Willendorf figures from art history. Many women would understand the panic one feels upon seeing sagging flesh that comes with age. This measures 14 x 16 inches in a black archival mat. This is a glue print, which is a type of collagraphic print. The plate is stretched with nylon. The nylon holds the darkest ink when printed. Then, I build up layers of “light” by painting glues on the surface. The more layers, the lighter areas there are in the print. I have to color code the glue with food coloring to know what stage I am on. Then, I can ink it like an intaglio print in the printing press. Fifteen were printed in the series. $100 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Swedish Shed - Prt 36 - $80
“Swedish Shed” is drawn from some photos I took on a trip to Sweden. It was engraved into a copper plate using the same type of tools used for traditional engraving by Renaissance artists and engravers of paper money. The ink goes into the carved lines. The surface is wiped and the image is printed in the printing press. It is presented in a black archival mat and measures 10 x 12 inches. Twenty-five were printed in the series. $80 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Brown Pair - Prt 37 - $80
“Brown Pair” is a mezzotint engraving. The image is created on a copper plate. The plate is rocked with a weight that pits the surface until it looks a lot like rough leather. It will then hold the maximum amount of ink. Then, I went back in with scraping tools to pull up lighter values. I polished some areas for further lights, and then I engraved lines into the surface for details. It measures 10 x 12 inches. It is in a cream colored archival mat. Twenty-five were printed in the series. $80 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Kachina Women - Prt 38 - $80
“Kachina Women” is an engraving with a cultural reference to women of many cultures. I was studying rock drawings about Native American history. I also was thinking of women in African and South American cultures standing in blankets. It made me think of women I knew in bathrobes, aprons, and blankets. I think I have ideas for a series now! It was engraved into a copper plate using the same type of tools used for traditional engraving by Renaissance artists and engravers of paper money. The ink goes into the carved lines. The surface is wiped and the image is printed in the printing press. It is presented in a black archival mat and measures 9 x 15 inches. Twenty-five were printed in the series. $80 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Autumn in Japan - Prt 39 - $80
“Autumn in Japan” was engraved into a copper plate using the same type of tools used for traditional engraving by Renaissance artists and engravers of paper money. The ink goes into the carved lines. The surface is wiped and the image is printed in the printing press. It is presented in a white archival mat and measures 12 x 12 inches. I drew this image when I visited an elementary school in northern Japan as one of Honda’s visiting teachers to the country (a great honor). I loved seeing all of the children’s organized umbrellas in the hallway. Twenty five were printed in the series. $80 plus shipping and applicable sales tax. Note: This print is also available in a double mat with Prt 41. Both images matted together are $160 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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School Bell Japan - Prt 40 - $80
“School Bell Japan” is also a copper engraving. Note that it may be purchased as a single print, or if you like, for $160, you may have it double matted with Prt 40. (See above.)
Once cut into copper, the plate is inked, wiped and printed in the press. The ink is pulled out of the lines onto damp paper in the process. It is presented in a white archival mat and measures 12 x 12 inches. I drew this image when I visited an elementary school in northern Japan as one of Honda’s visiting teachers to the country (a great honor). I like the way one class’s umbrellas look a little less organized than the others! Twenty five were printed in the series. $80 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Gargoyle - Prt 41 - $80
“Gargoyle” is an image I drew in Washington, DC. I used dry point engraving to draw it on Plexiglas. Each value has to be created with cross hatching. The more line over line, the darker the area and the more ink it will hold. This is similar to copper engraving, but the plate is less durable. The burr, which holds the ink, will wear down in the printing press.
This is matted in black with an archival mat measuring 10 x 12 inches. Twenty five were printed in the series. $80 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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White Faced - Prt 42 - $80
“White Faced” reflects my father’s feed lots on the farm. I used dry point engraving to draw it on Plexiglas. Each value has to be created with cross hatching. The more line over line, the darker the area and the more ink it will hold. This is similar to copper engraving but the plate is less durable. The burr, which holds the ink, will wear down in the printing press. This is matted in black with an archival mat measuring 10 x 12 inches. Twenty five were printed in the series. $80 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Chicken Dirt - Prt 43 - $55
“Chicken Dirt” is a linocut, a type of relief printing. Areas of white were carved from a linoleum plate. The image was hand printed with oil-based ink on handmade rice paper using a brayer. Matted, with archival materials in white, it measures 12 x 18 inches. I appreciate a chicken’s beauty, not its habits. Ten are in the series. $55 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Flock - Prt 44 - $55
“Flock” is a linocut, a type of relief printing. Areas of white were carved from a linoleum plate. The image was hand printed with oil-based ink on handmade rice paper using a brayer. Matted, with archival materials in white, it measures 12 x 18 inches. I am familiar with sheep because my Uncle LaVern raised them. Ten are in the series. $55 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Prt 45 - $55
This is a linocut, a type of relief printing. Areas of white were carved from a linoleum plate. The image was hand printed with oil-based ink on handmade rice paper using a brayer. Matted, with archival materials in white, it measures 12 x 18 inches. My father’s Holsteins’s milk check put me through college! Ten are in the series. $55 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Prt 46 - $55
This is a linocut, a type of relief printing. Areas of white were carved from a linoleum plate. The image was hand printed with oil-based ink on handmade rice paper using a brayer. Matted, with archival materials in white, it measures 12 x 18 inches. Did you know that pigs “wallow” to stay cool? They don’t have sweat glands, but they are very intelligent. The trough they eat from holds “swill,” a mixture of grain and milk. Ten are in the series. $55 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Livestock - Prt 47 - $125
“Livestock” is a linocut, a type of relief printing. I combined multiple images to form one composite. Note that there are some variations. Areas of white were carved from a linoleum plate. The image was hand printed with oil-based ink on handmade rice paper using a brayer. Matted, with archival materials in white, it measures 18 x 28 inches. I am familiar with all of these animals, having lived until I was twenty-three on a farm in Eastern Iowa. Ten are in the series. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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August Fruit - Prt 48 - $35
“August Fruit” is a small reduction print. It is printed in multiple colors using the same linoleum plate. The lightest color is printed first, the plate is carved and the cycle continues. This has four printings. It measures 9 x 10 matted, archival. Ten are in the series. $35 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Preserves - Prt 49 - $35
“Preserves” is a small reduction print. It is printed in multiple colors using the same linoleum plate. The lightest color is printed first, the plate is carved and the cycle continues. This has four printings. It measures 9 x 12 matted, archival. Ten are in the series. $35 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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A Little Lunch - Prt 50 - $35
“A Little Lunch” is a small reduction print. It refers to a phrase my grandmother used to say. It is printed in multiple colors using the same linoleum plate. The lightest color is printed first, the plate is carved and the cycle continues. This has four printings. It measures 9 x 12 matted, archival. Ten are in the series. $35 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Tea Time - Prt 51 - $35
“Tea Time” is a small reduction print. It is printed in multiple colors using the same linoleum plate. The lightest color is printed first, the plate is carved and the cycle continues. This has four printings. It measures 9 x 10 matted, archival. Twelve are in the series. $35 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Dad's Shed Window - Prt 54 - $125
This collagraph measures 12 x 18 inches. It is matted in a soft cream mat to the dimensions of 20 x 26. As a child, I would often find myself exploring the greasy smells in Dad’s tool shed. As I looked out the dusty window, I could see the old chicken house in the distance. There are only ten prints in this series. The corn, in particular, has a highly embossed texture contrasting with the other relief surfaces. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Monday's Wash Day - Prt 55 - $125
My grandmother had tea towels with the days of the week cross stitched onto them. Monday was labeled as wash day. In old farm houses, a whole summer kitchen, or a back room, might be devoted purely to washing. This shows an old cook stove, an ironing board, basket, drying rack, and a clothes line. You also see evidence of children’s toys and mending. The collagraph measures 12 x 18 at the image and is matted in a soft cream mat to 20 x 26 inches. The textures and embossed surface are rich in values. There are 15 prints in the series. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Radigan's Drugstore - Prt 56 - $125
The collagraph measures 12 x 13.5 inches, and it is matted to 20 x 22 inches. The image is matted in a soft cream color. When I was a child my brother and I used to spend a lot of time in the corner of Radigan’s Drugstore; we liked the corner where all of the dime comic books were found. There was a soda fountain where we could get fountain cokes, and it was the only place in our little town where you could buy a gift. There are twelve prints in the series. It has clear values and textures on embossed paper. The section which created the ice cream parlor chairs was extremely difficult to cut. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Skane Bike - Prt 57 - $125
My son lives in the Skane region of southern Sweden. I saw this bicycle there leaning up to a home. The collagraph measures 8 x 14 inches in the image, and it is matted in a soft cream mat measuring 16 x 22 inches. The view shows high contrast and has a nice variation of textures. There are fourteen prints in the series. It was quite complicated to create the wheels. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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When Pigs Fly - Prt 58 - $125
The collagraph image measures 10 x 10 inches; matted in a cream mat it is 18 x 18 inches. We live north of Cincinnati, where the flying pig is a proud symbol of the history of Porkopolis, Cincinnati’s nickname in the industrial age. My father raised hogs too. Now that I live near the Ohio River, I sometimes think I would like to fly home to Iowa and my memories of growing up there. There are sixteen prints in this series. The paper shows embossment. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Sun and Strata - Prt 59 - $125
The multi -colored inked image measures 12 x 17.5 inches. The matting finishes the image to the measurement of 20 x 26. I am intrigued by geological mapping of cross sections of earth. My father was a conservationist. He valued what the earth held and the water tables below. I used a stylized design to suggest that. It required inking the plate in yellow and then using multiple colors of ink, by applying them with a brayer on the raised relief surface. There are fifteen prints in this series. The embossment of the paper enriches the values. $125 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Trojan Horse - Prt 60 - $100
This image was created as an engraving cut on a copper plate. The plate is then printed intaglio, meaning the ink is “pulled out” of the groves to “sit on top” of the paper. I taught at a high school that had the “Trojans” as their mascot. My students created a twelve foot metal sculpture of the Trojan Horse on a platform; we reinterpreted the image of defeat into symbolism about the future. Greek art and mythology have always interested me. The image is 5 x 7 inches and is matted to 12 x 14 inches. There is a lot of texture cut into the design. There are sixteen prints in the series. $100 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
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Flow Blue - Prt 61 - $80
My husband and I like to antique with several of our friends. I particularly like white porcelain called “flow blue.” It is a type of cobalt glaze used by many countries at the turn of the 1800s. It was so powerful as a stain that the blue would flow through to the surface and stain the underside or interior. I carved this image into a copper plate with engraving tools. Then I printed it in the press as an engraving. It measures 4 x 6 inches and has a mat making it 12 x 14 inches bordered in white. $80 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.
