San Francisco artist Eva Bovenzi came the last week of August for her first project with Oehme Graphics. Eva made two sets of collagraph plates before she arrived that were inspired by a series of her paintings. We used them along with watercolor painted on vellum to create two series of beautifully delicate and wing-like diptych monoprints, one entitled Second Messenger #1-10, and the other Ninth Messenger #1-9. They are 32” x 39 1/2” and 29 1/2” x 35 1/2” respectively and are priced at $1800 each. Eva also worked with Sue to design three rich and mysterious aquatint etchings, entitled From Blue #14 and Red #11 size 25 1/2” x 20” and $800 a piece. From Blue #16 is 26 1/2” x 32” and $1400. Eva also created a 12” x 12” aquatint etching bleed-print for the 2012 Stairway to Heaven series entitled Red #5.
This is an inked collagraph plate Eva made for her Seventh Messenger Series. When she first arrived she painted the plates with a layer of carborundum grit to give them texture and tone in specific areas. When the plate is wiped by the printer, the ink will collect and not wipe out wherever the carborundum has been applied.
Here you can see the delicate watercolor that is printed underneath the collagraph plate. Sue is printing the next layer directly on top.
One of Eva’s completed diptychs!
Second Messenger #9, 2012
watercolor and oil collagraph monoprint diptych
32” x 39 1/2”
$1800
Second Messenger #9, 2012
watercolor and oil collagraph monoprint diptych
32” x 39 1/2”
$1800
Work in progress: The print edition entitled From Blue #14. The shape has been stopped out by “hardground” to prevent etching in that area. Only the exposed copper area will become darker in the acid.
Another print that has been etched and stopped out to create a background and shapes. The plate is awaiting Eva to work into the dark area before being etched again.
The gorgeous completed print!
Red #11, 2012
aquatint etching
25” x 20”
$800
Red #11, 2012
aquatint etching
25” x 20”
$800
Sue is wiping one of the collagraph plates and getting it ready for printing. We use paper towel when wiping plates with carborundum to really get into areas we need to remove more ink.
Eva is using this image as a starting point and reference for this edition print. She carefully traced her out lines onto the aquatinted copper plate. The waxiness of the tracing paper acts as a resist when in the acid.
The shop covered in Eva! Please visit our website to see all of the prints that Eva made during her project by clicking here: Eva Bovenzi
Another reminder that we will be at the E|AB Fair in New York City this November 1st-5th. Please contact us if you would like complimentary tickets (valued at $25) to the opening party!
