Dried Roses | The Outdoor studio - Soft Ground Etching - The Weekly Edition

Dried Roses | The Outdoor studio - Soft Ground Etching - The Weekly EditionDrawn from a photograph I made a few years ago, this soft ground etching is my first time working with these materials Hand pulled print is made with a copper plate and a soft ground etch. Charbonnel Noir 55981, Bistre, and Sanguine inks on Hahnemhle copperplate paper. Open edition 6"x 9" inches on an 11 x 15. 5" sheet. Signed numbered and titled by the artist on the lower front.

I made this negative at a time when it seemed like outside forces had my hands tied and were getting in the way

As I pass by on my daily walks and can't help but notice the scarlet-colored drupes that lay on the ground this time of year

On this occasion

Ray will be around to help with logistics and answer questions

Edition will be signed by the artist

later to be etched by the Ferric Chloride

The glass is clean

All was set

I found these thistles along the road so I collected a few and photographed them later in my backyard studio

self-portraits through the visage of a willing partner

As I sorted my own way I found myself looking for pictures that communicated a comforting sense of calm to myself and the viewer

While I was photographing in the Olšany Cemetery located in Prague I came across these words inscribed in stone