Surrounded by the Deep
…into the very heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me…
…the waters closed in over me; the deep surrounded me…
…I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever…
from the second chapter of Jonah
New Revised Standard Version
Oxford University Press
Freeze and Thaw: Failure and Success
2012, Drypoint of Moses in the Rock, 4 1/2″ x 6″. Unlike an engraving which captures the ink in incised lines, the drypoint image is made by scratching the copper with a stylus, which raises a bur, trapping the ink on the surface of the plate. This produces a “softer” or “fuzzier” line than the crisp and precise engraved line. This also makes deeper tones possible, which I wanted for this image. I am not sure that I have not failed in my attempt. Yet I am not disappointed. Failure is the plough.
Fire and Gravel. 2012, Engraving of Waking Man drawing a comet, 3″ x 4 1/2″. The difference in line quality is readily observed in this engraved image.
A slightly earlier state of the Moses drypoint.
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Slideshow of images from the printing process.
In The Shop (Accidental Tourist)
rescued starling; walnut and ash candlesticks; neighbor’s gear and cedar table project
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