VIEW IN MY ROOM
Stretching Myself Print
United States
Printmaking, Etching on Paper
Size: 11 W x 15 H x 0.1 D in
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Intaglio Etching on Cotton Rag Paper, Made from Impression of Artist’s Hair and Chance Procedures, Limited Edition of 16, Numbered and signed I make these prints by using my hair to make an impression on a zinc plate coated in acid resistant wax, and then the plate gets etched in an acid bath. I begin by drawing with strands of hair on a piece of acetate film. During this process dust and water intervene to create invisible patterns. Chance is always an important part of my artistic process. This was the first print I ever made (hence the pun on "Stretching Myself"). To me, this image is a talisman of luck and courage in attempting new things and stepping outside one's comfort zone. I view printmaking as a metaphor for this basic law of life: the impressions that we etch on our imagination eventually become our living reality.
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Printmaking:Etching on Paper
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:11 W x 15 H x 0.1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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My training in the visual arts began on both sides of the easel. While working as an artists' model and learning to draw the figure at a studio in New York City, I experienced pareidolia, or the tendency to see patterns in randomness. One day while taking a shower fallen pieces of hair came loose in my hand, and when I smeared them on the wall I saw the clear image of a woman's head. With a few strokes of my hands the rest of her body soon appeared. And so she began my private drawing practice. My hair drawings and prints have been exhibited in galleries in Los Angeles and Italy and have been acquired by private collectors in New York, L.A., Stockholm, and Rome.My poetry and essays have been published in journals including The Paris Review, Oxford Poetry, Catapult, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and the Review of English Studies, among many others. I currently divide my time between L.A., New York, and Italy.
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