Saint - Eligius Church, Bordeaux - photogravure print - The Weekly Edition

Saint - Eligius Church, Bordeaux - photogravure print - The Weekly EditionSaint Eligius Church, Bordeaux Attached to this church is bell tower for Bordeaux that was built in the 14th century. On the first Sunday of every month at noon the massive bell rings for 10 minutes, the sound and experience transported. I had noticed this priest standing outside and waited for him to walk back inside the ancient church. I felt like I had walked back in time. Hand pulled photogravure print is made with Charbonnel Noir 55981, Bistre,

We can explore printmaking using photogravure

I can not help but notice the way all of the isolation has changed my outlook

Sometime along the way I began to include  figurative elements along with the thing I was photographing and my series " Objects of Beauty" was born

This hand-pulled polymer photogravure print is made with Gamblin Portland Stiff Black and sepia inks

Still Life + Spring

and another local photographer ( I rarely do this but this day was an exception)

I printed an edition of 8 numbered prints and  3 A/P prints

75" inches on an 11 x 15

It was the combination of the quiet expression

The photograph is printed photogravure and the text letterpress

This hand-pulled polymer photogravure print is made with Gamblin bone black ink

The design and typography are the work of Emogene Bidegain