Untitled (Natural History Museums Series) Photograph - Limited Edition of 11

This is a photogravure hand pulled on a traditional etching press. This is print number 1, part of a limited and varied edition of 11 prints, each with intentional differences resulting from the way I inked the copper plate. I used different colours, sometimes just black etching ink, sometimes with brownish ink. The image was made from a photograph I took in the Natural History Museum in London, that has a beautiful bilding constructed as a `cathedral to nature’. Please pay attention to the size of the paper with the white margin. Paper size: 13,4inches x 13,4 inches (34cm x 34cm) Print image size: 7,9 inches x 5,51inches (20cm x 14 cm) A photogravure is a print made by hand from a copper plate used as a matrix. The process, also called ‘photogravure on copper plate’, sometimes ‘heliogravure’, was developed in the 19th century. The technique involves working with a sensitised gelatine and etching a copper plate with a mordant that leaves a bas-relief in the metal. It is this bas-relief that will contain the ink that will be transferred to the paper by passing it through a press, in the same way as a ‘traditional’ etching. Today, it is possible to do this process from a digital image. The way the ink is transferred to the paper, intaglio style, provides a powerful surface to the print. Please, contact me if you have any questions.

Photography:Etching on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:11

Size:7.9 W x 5.5 H x 0.1 D in

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