BAYOU POM POM GROCERY IN AQUA, THE BIG EASY Print - Limited Edition of 5

Title is, “THE BAYOU POMPOM BIG EASY IN PINK”. Print Two of Five. Edition ONE of FIVE. Media includes four colors of oil-based, Charbonnel brand etching inks RivesBFK white paper, and mulberry bark paper from Thailand used in Chine Collé process. The studio techniques employed include intaglio and Chine collé. NARRATIVE NOTES FROM THE ARTIST: This etching, part of my New Orleans Series, was inspired by a photo taken between 1930 and 1939 by Frances Benjamin Johnson, born in 1864 and died in 1952, who was one of the few recognized female photographers of her era. The title of her photograph is, “701 Bourbon Street, corner Saint Peters Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana”. Her photo, which reflects the documentary aspects within her creative eye, is part of the Washington DC Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, The Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South. Call Number is LC-J7-LA- 1011 PP. I used a single zinc plate, which measured six-inches high by nine inches wide, or 15.24cm by 22.86cm. The paper print measures 11.2 inches high by 15 inches wide 28cm x 38.100cm. THIS PRICE INCLUDES: THE MATTED ETCHING IN AN ARCHIVAL MAT; A FRAME (12 inch x 16 inch, Type – Glass & Wood Edge / Semi-Ornate Style, Color - Black); ALL HANDLING COSTS; SHIPMENT COSTS; CARDBOARD SHIPMENT CARTON; BUBBLE WRAP & OTHER PACKING MATERIALS; AND, A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY. The work is wired and ready to hang. Framing includes a brown craft paper backing. A wall hook and nail are included. Artist’s Notes on The Zinc Plate Printing Process — The plate’s four sides are first hand-filed and then cleaned/de-greased with French chalk or whiting. I then apply the first coast of liquid Hard Ground, which is a blend of natural bees’ wax and mineral spirits. This is allowed to dry for twelve to twenty hours. I next began to etch my lines into the ground with various intaglio needles tools and place the plate in nitric acid for its first bath. The ground is washed off with turpentine and cleaned for the first inking and rubbing. The first Artist’s Proof is pulled and subsequent grounds, plate workings, and acid baths continue until I obtain my desired image. This technique dates back to the time of Francisco de Goya in Madrid. In my Chine collé Process—which means Chinese pasting—Methylcellulose powder is re-constituted by mixing it with spring water and then applying the clear viscous substance to mulberry-bark paper from Thailand (Brand Unryu) that is infused with kozo threads. (Side Notes: In Japan, Unryu translates as CLOUD DRAGON paper because it has long swirling threads of kozo fibers integrated in it, thereby giving the texture and visual effect of clouds. Kozo fibers come the branches of the kozo bush, specifically the innermost of three layers of bark, which must be removed, cooked, and beaten before the sheets are formed. Kozo is harvested annually.) The treated mulberry bark paper is next allowed to dry overnight; and, I cut it to fit the plate areas where I desire color. These cut-to-fit mulberry-bark papers are dampened/misted with water and then placed upon the already inked and wiped etching plate. The printing process continues, and a multi-colored image results. Notes on RivesBFK paper—BFK is an acronym for Blanchet, Freres, Kleber. A paper mill of the Blanchet Frères et Kléber Co. that located in Rives, France. The seemingly random letters integrated with the watermark is a confidential security coding system for the mill to identify in the time-period when a specific batch of BFK paper was made.

Printmaking:Drypoint on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:5

Size:16 W x 12 H x 1 D in

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.