Entries (RSS) Diane Victor: Soft Ground Techniques
19th May 2008 | Other items by Luke Crossley |
(above) Victor varnishing out areas of the plate that are not to be etched. The varnish protects areas of the plate from the acid.
(above) Victor placing a variety of textured materials (eg. newsprint, tinfoil, cheese cloth, canvas) on top of the soft ground, to be run through the press. Once the plate and the materials on the surface of the plate have been run through the press they can be peeled off to remove the soft ground in the desired texture of the relevant materials. In so doing she is able to use acid to etch the textures onto certain areas of the plate.
Victor uses a rich layering of plate techniques in conjunction with aquatint, which allows her to achieve areas of rich black and tonal varieties not otherwise possible. Using her experience and ingenuity Diane Victor is able to push the medium beyond its established boundaries.
“Bluebeard’s Wife” – Diane Victor - Niall Bingham and Luke Crossley |
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June 23rd, 2008 at 11:21 am
[...] Diane Victor: Softground Textures [...]
March 23rd, 2010 at 2:06 am
Alijó, 16th March 2010
Dear Diane:
The Printmaking Nucleus of Alijó- Portugal, would like to inform you about a great event that will take place in Alijó (Portugal) and other cities between 10th of August and 10th of September, the “ 5th International Printmaking Biennial of Douro – 2010”.
Aware of your remarkable work we would like to invite you to be part in this exhibition).
Therefore, we ask you to send two printmaking works (without frame and without technical limits), a digital curriculum (10 lines in Times New Roman, body 12), a digital technical card of the works and in paper too, (title, technique, dimension and price (€10)*). The works and the other elements must be sent till 30th May to:
“5ª Bienal Internacional de Gravura – Douro 2010”
CÂMARA MUNICIPAL DE ALIJÓ
Rua Alves Pedrosa, 13
5070-051 ALIJÓ
PORTUGAL.
* The price (€10) is a symbolic value to declare in the financial customs services. You must put this price in paper technical card, and the real price for eventual selling in digital technical card.
You must put outside de package of prints, the mention “NO COMMERCIAL VALUE – PRINTED MATTER”
We would like to ask you if you could offer your engravings, to take part in the collection of the “Printmaking Museum of Douro”, so if you do not accept this request, you must tell us your decision.
In the end of the Biennial we will send you one exemplar of a spectacular catalogue of the exhibition.
We are looking forward to hearing from you (urgently).
Thank you for your cooperation.
Yours sincerely
Nuno Canelas
(Curator/Director of Biennial)