Red Sun/Blue Trees by november22
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Description
digital pigment print onto copper plate. 14" x 12" inches. [about 35.6 cm x 30.5 cm].
Procedure:
Copper plate hand sanded in two directions, torn cheese cloth [cotton] laid on plate, spray lightly with: fine gold acrylic, indian yellow hue acrylic and red acrylic. As paint dries it moves into the cotton weave making a net fx, at almost dry pulled cheese cloth off, allow plate to dry over night.
Applied three very thick layers of clear acrylic receptor for inks [InkAid] then printed with the epson 7880 the trees and sun - edge to edge. Sealed and floated onto black foam core for presentation - about 3 inches around plate more black foam core.
Copper was a royal pain, ruined 3 other sheets to get this far, would need to think seriously about doing this again!
This is all about process, the image was arrived at by necessity to achieve proper density in tonal values over the copper. Thumbnail is sections showing the acrylic paint more clearly.
cheers, tim
Comments (11)
helanker
It looks very beautiful with such a calm mood.
jocko500
wow this is something. very cool looking design on a wonderful image. textures is super too
anaber
I love the textures of the background and the tones(i´m thinking this is the hand made papper...)and the blue on the tree brunches getting soften from the bottom to top and the control i feel you have in this,is fabulous...the texture and the softness in the red sun is very special too.The resoult is peerless.Your image is wonderful! Cheers,Tim!! PS:and your process put my head turning and turning completely 360ºx360º-LOL...:)))
vintorix
The red sun and the Weeping Cherry Trees(?) gives it a Japanese touch. It is all very beautiful. The light brown copper/cotton toning make a stunning background. How I would love to have a 4096x4096 px seamless texture of this! Perhaps you should have printed it in two rounds, first the brown then the trees. Then you could have made a photograph of the background..almost anything printed or blended into it will look wonderful.
november22
The background is the metal copper, with acrylic, then ink receptor, then the digital ink print of trees and sun. Trees are some sort of poplars growing at edge of a field.
M2A
Good-looking work, i like the colors you used. Process is interesting to know.
anahata.c
you know, I have to wait for a special time to comment on your pieces because of the integrity and immense love you have for every detail. I pictured your process (it's turning me 360 degrees too!) and it's always amazing to see how you do dialogue with every material you work with, and then make it part of your work. You've obviously reached the point where you just 'feel' materials, and know how to move with them, like it's very intuitive for you... The copper is so much a part of this, yet it also feels like it's painted on burlap or a very coarse version of silks used in trad. Oriental painting. (They're pretty coarse actually!) And the image is both print, painting and mirage. You have an integration as well as a vision that's almost unique in my life, you take the simplest views of nature and show us their very inner structures and forces. This feels very japanese—the silhouetted trees, the flat sun, the textile surface resembling silk, etc. But it also has a Native American feel for reasons I can't say, and it's all you. I agree with Ana about the darker to lighter blues (this whole piece morphs subtly!). And I love the second layer of trees behind them; and the way the moon seems to 'drip' into the horizon, de-saturating as it goes & picking up the warp & weft of your cheese cloth 'ghost' (lol). And the waves and undulations of the cloth-pattern give a natural flow to your background. Organic once again: You are an artist of organic process and growth, to its core. You're antennae pick up the intimate patterns of everything you see. And this, my friend, is simply marvelous. I wonder, when you sketch, if little organisms don't sprout under your feet: You might wanna check that out, there could be some symbiosis going on that no one is aware of...
Gwynhale
Yes, definitely a Japanese touch, a beautiful image. But the process ... I admire your skills (and patience).
lior
So wonderful design!!!!!
ShadowsNTime
Oh this is so good! I love that you shared your technique with it! I needed something new for inspiration so thanks so much for stopping by my gallery so I could see yours!
SecondChoice
as i read the procedure, i thought this has to be seen "live": a picture can't show it.