Printing Splendor, a complete edition, years after this drypoint and mezzotint print had been finished with a single printed proof.
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Important stages of the work, such as preparing the plate and cleaning the inked matrix, precede and follow the moment of engraving.
2015-2020 | Sao Paulo
The engraving process of Razão de Sambar, in drypoint and mezzotint, involved direct observation of carrion larvae and a calf skull.
2019 | Sao Paulo
Genesis originated from the Void matrix, reworked: there are two mezzotints, but Void was created solely with the rocker to produce the black areas, with the white of the print where the metal in the matrix remained untouched by the tool; after printing a Void edition, Genesis was created using scrapers and burnishers on the black areas, revealing the grays and whites (a more common procedure in mezzotint).
2019 | Sao Paulo
Nocturnal, a small mezzotint, was one of the few prints properly finished and edited among many works set aside during a momentary obsession with collecting dead insects for engraving.
2017-2018 | Sao Paulo
Ruin was printed in trichromy, a process of combining primary colors using three matrices, with a simple 'L' registration.