Description

"There is a story I once knew, but all that is left are fragments…"

The Book of Fragments is a story in the making. You meet strange characters and scenes from a story that needs to be remembered rather than told.

Drypoint etching on 300g acid free 100% cotton etching paper.
Limited edition of 15
Each print is signed, numbered and dated.

Paper size: approx. 24 cm x 32 cm ( 9.5 inch x 12.5 inch)
Actual plate (print) size: 16.5 cm x 23.5 cm ( 6.5 inch x 9.25 inch)

Drypoint is an intaglio printmaking technique. An image is incised into a plate with a hard-pointed “needle” of sharp metal or diamond point. Traditionally, the plate was copper or zinc, but today, a clear acrylic sheet is commonly used.

Printed July 2011 as part of the exhibition ‘Fragments…’ (NZ Art Show 2011).