Female figure in swimming pool print, hand colored silk etching, silk aquatint, silk mezzotint, silk collograph
This female figure in swimming pool print is a hand colored silk etching also known as a silk aquatint, silk mezzotint, or silk collograph. After hand printing the black plate as an etching, each print was then individually hand colored using Windsor Newton watercolors. Pencil signed and numbered.
This is an ORIGINAL etching, not a "reproduction". Unlike a "reproduction" (gicleé, offset, computer print-outs), this image was conceived and executed solely as an etching — it is not a "reproduction" of an artwork originally created in another medium, such as a painting or a drawing. This type of etching is also referred to as a "silk aquatint or silk mezzotint". It is a non-acid method of working a print plate where the image is created by painting with whitened acrylic medium on a black silk surface backed with plastic, to produce a variety of tones & textures. The plate is then inked, wiped (like a metal plate), and printed on an etching press. After the prints are dry, they are individually hand colored using the finest Windsor Newton watercolors. Each print in the edition of 20 is subtly different, as each is inked, printed and hand water-colored individually with great attention given to the quality of each print, and each print is considered an original work of art. Once the edition is printed, the matrix (the etching plate) is discarded. The etching plate is not the artwork, but simply a tool for creating the artwork.
Artist: William Lee Holt
Technique: hand colored silk etching, silk aquatint, silk mezzotint, silk collagraph
Image Size: 4 7/8" x 6 7/8"
Paper: Rives BFK rag paper with generous borders
NOTE: MAT AND FRAME NOT INCLUDED IN PURCHASE. Since each of my prints are hand printed and hand colored, the print you receive may vary slightly in appearance.
©William Lee Holt 2021
Member:
Los Angeles Printmaking Society
Printmakers
Printsy
This is an ORIGINAL etching, not a "reproduction". Unlike a "reproduction" (gicleé, offset, computer print-outs), this image was conceived and executed solely as an etching — it is not a "reproduction" of an artwork originally created in another medium, such as a painting or a drawing. This type of etching is also referred to as a "silk aquatint or silk mezzotint". It is a non-acid method of working a print plate where the image is created by painting with whitened acrylic medium on a black silk surface backed with plastic, to produce a variety of tones & textures. The plate is then inked, wiped (like a metal plate), and printed on an etching press. After the prints are dry, they are individually hand colored using the finest Windsor Newton watercolors. Each print in the edition of 20 is subtly different, as each is inked, printed and hand water-colored individually with great attention given to the quality of each print, and each print is considered an original work of art. Once the edition is printed, the matrix (the etching plate) is discarded. The etching plate is not the artwork, but simply a tool for creating the artwork.
Artist: William Lee Holt
Technique: hand colored silk etching, silk aquatint, silk mezzotint, silk collagraph
Image Size: 4 7/8" x 6 7/8"
Paper: Rives BFK rag paper with generous borders
NOTE: MAT AND FRAME NOT INCLUDED IN PURCHASE. Since each of my prints are hand printed and hand colored, the print you receive may vary slightly in appearance.
©William Lee Holt 2021
Member:
Los Angeles Printmaking Society
Printmakers
Printsy
