Drapery Against Black by Holly Downing

Drapery Against Black by Holly Downing

Drapery Against Black

Holly Downing

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Title

Drapery Against Black

 
Artist

Holly Downing

  1948 - PRESENT (biography)
Year
1984  
Technique
mezzotint 
Image Size
14 7/8 x 10 7/8" platemark 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
6 of 30  
Annotations
pencil titled, dated, and editioned 
Reference
 
Paper
cream wove Rives BFK 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
HD186 
Price
$750.00 
Description
Mezzotint is a form of engraving, whose subtle qualities are achieved with tone rather than line. The artist spends many hours “rocking” a copper plate until the plate has thousands of tiny holes, each with a bit of raised burr that hold a tremendous amount of ink. A fully rocked plate prints a lush, velvety black, unparalleled in any other medium. To obtain an image, the artist scrapes the surface of the plate, variously lowering the levels of the burrs so they will hold less ink and thereby yield gradations of dark and light. Gradually an image emerges out of the darkness. The plate is inked by hand and printed on an etching press. http://www.hollydowning.com/ 
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