Untitled (Natural History Museums Series) Print - 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 the artist inked the copper plate. Fernanda used different colours, sometimes just black etching ink, sometimes with brownish ink. The image was made from a photograph she 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 sensitized gelatin 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. The way the ink is transferred to the paper, intaglio style, provides a powerful surface to the print. Please, feel free to ask.