Fall 2012 Collaborative Print

In the fall I was granted the opportunity to work with another artist, Sara Tremblay, on a collaborative print project. Sara is a photographer, who also draws and works with video. We compiled a series of intaglio prints reminiscent of the cyclical  phases of the moon. There are eight key stages of the moon however Sara experimented with about 36 different steel plates. All the plates were hand cut and the edges buffed. The markings were created out of general wear, rust, hammering, smashing the plates on various surfaces, and rubbing the plates on the floor.  We experimented with a multitude of colors, silver, gold, black, varying shades of blue and used a collage technique "Chine-collé" to emphasise the phases. In the end Sara was attracted to the embossing, and cut the plates into 8 phases, that worked like a collection of puzzle pieces. The phase was then inked and connected with its other side, so the prints are fully embossed but only half inked.