Blue | Soft Ground Etching with aquatint on copper

Blue | Soft Ground Etching with aquatint on copperI have found some new freedoms while making drawings as a change from photographs. This print is one such print. Hand pulled print is made with a copper plate with soft ground etching and Aquatint. Gamblin Prussian Blue ink, on Hahnemhle copperplate paper.. Hand pulled print by Ray Bidegain Open edition 4"x6"" inches on an 10 x 10" sheet. Signed dated and titled by the artist on the lower front.

Charbonnel  warm sepia and geranium  red inks on Hahnemühle copperplate paper

These are honest photographs reflecting what is in this photographers heart

From a collection of my grandfathers things I found in my mother's garage

I find the much of my work relies on detail

A universal gesture that we all can relate with when seeing the picture

I have photographed this woman a few times over the years

printed in photogravure and bound with my stories printed in letterpress

This introductory project mentorship can be as simple as some small mail art with your picture and a couple lines of type

Image size approximately 3x4 inches

Toyobo KM-95 plate material including imaging with Epson P800

with a splash of sanguine inks on Hahnemühle copperplate paper

and storytelling approach to photography