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Intaglio
Printmaking
Intaglio
(pronounced in-TAL-yo) is a family of printmaking techniques in
which the image is incised into a surface, known as the matrix
or plate. Normally, copper or zinc plates are used as a surface,
and the incisions are created by etching, engraving, drypoint,
aquatint or mezzotint. Collographs may also be printed as intaglio
plates. To print an intaglio plate the surface is covered in thick
ink and then rubbed with tarlatan cloth to remove most of the
excess. The final smooth wipe is usually done by hand, sometimes
with the aid of newspaper or old public phone book pages, leaving
ink only in the incisions. A damp piece of paper is placed on
top and the plate and paper are run through a printing press that,
through pressure, transfers the ink from the recesses of the plate
to the paper.
Etching
is also an intaglio process, differing from engraving in that
the lines are eaten into the plate by the action of an acid instead
of being gouged with a tool. The printing process is as described
above.
Normally
intaglio techniques can be combined on a plate, and this is in
fact quite common. For example Rembrandt's prints are referred
to as "etchings" for convenience, but very often they
have engraving and drypoint work as well, and sometimes no actual
etching at all.
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Intaglio Prints by Caroline F Kearns
Limited
edition prints hand-pulled by the artist.
Prices
include Priority Mail shipping to the United States.
Please contact me for shipping outside the U.S.
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Medusa and Perseus Series
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Perseus Leaving the Banquet of King
Polydectes to Search for Medusa
Etching / Viscosity Intaglio Print
unframed
12" x 16"
Edition of 5 plus one artist's proof.
There are 5 remaining.
$65.00 each
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Medusa and Perseus
Etching Intaglio Print
unframed
20" x 16"
Edition
of 5 plus one artist's proof.
There are none remaining. Please contact me if you are
interested in a poster print.
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Perseus Carrying Medusa's
Head
Etching Intaglio Print
unframed
20" x 16"
Edition of 5 plus one artist's
proof.
There
are 4 remaining.
$100.00 each
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Perseus Returning
to King Polydectes with the Head of Medusa
Etching Intaglio Print
unframed
12" x 16"
Edition of 5 plus one artist's
proof.
There
are 5 remaining.
$75.00 each
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Hercules Series
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Hercules and the
Stymphalian Birds
Etching / Woodcut
unframed
5 1/4" x 18"
Edition of 5 plus one artist's
proof.
There are 4 remaining.
$60.00 each
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Hercules Carrying Cerberus
up from Hades
Etching / Woodcut
unframed
5 1/4" x 18"
Edition of 5 plus one artist's
proof.
There are 4 remaining.
$45.00 each
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Hercules Holding the
Belt of Hippolyta
Etching / Woodcut
unframed
11 1/2" x 15 3/4"
Edition of 5 plus one artist's
proof.
There are 4 remaining.
$75.00 each
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Hercules Killing the
Hydra
Linocut / Etching
unframed
12" x 16"
Edition
of 5 plus one artist's proof.
There are 5 remaining.
$70.00 each
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Hercules and Antaeus
Etching / Linocut
unframed
5 1/4" x 18"
Edition of 5 plus one artist's
proof.
There are 4 remaining.
$45.00 each
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| Spark Plug Bug Series |
Spark Plug Bug Convention
Drypoint Intaglio Print
unframed
11" x 14"
Edition of 5 plus one artist's
proof.
Only 1 remaining!
$80.00
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Fly Trap Invasion
Etching
unframed
16" x 20"
Edition of 5 plus one artist's
proof.
There are 4 remaining.
$90.00 each
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Spark Plug Bug Retaliation
Etching
unframed
20" x 16"
Edition of 5 plus one artist's
proof.
There are 5 remaining.
$85.00 each
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Spark Plug Bug Victory
Etching
unframed
20" x 16"
Edition
of 5 plus one artist's proof.
There are 4 remaining.
$85.00 each
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Linocut
Linocut
is a printmaking technique, a variant of woodcut in which
a sheet of linoleum (sometimes mounted on a wooden block)
is used for the relief surface. A design is cut into the linoleum
surface with a sharp knife, with the raised (uncarved) areas
representing a reversal (mirror image) of the parts to show
printed. The cut areas can then be pulled from the backing.
The linoleum sheet is inked with a roller (called a brayer),
and then impressed onto paper or fabric. The actual printing
can be done by hand or with a press.
Woodcut
Woodcut
is a relief printing artistic technique in printmaking in
which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood,
with the printing parts remaining level with the surface while
the non-printing parts are removed, typically with gouges.
The areas to show 'white' are cut away with a knife or chisel,
leaving the characters or image to show in 'black' at the
original surface level. The block is cut along the grain of
the wood (unlike wood engraving where the block is cut in
the end-grain). In Europe beechwood was most commonly used;
in Japan, a special type of cherry wood was used.
The
surface is covered with ink by rolling over the surface with
an ink-covered roller (brayer), leaving ink upon the flat
surface but not in the non-printing areas.
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