Sailing to Byzantium
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Sailing to Byzantium
Drypoint image by artist and printmaker Shana James inspired by Conversations
with Ghosts concert with Paul Kelly
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Sailing to Byzantium
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The image is first scratched into the drypoint plate. Its just like drawing with a pointed tool. It is difficult to see unless the light is
just right.
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Inking Up: when the drawing on the plate is finished, the plate is coated with ink using a squeegee
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The ink is now carefully wiped off using the paper from a phone book
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Ink is trapped in the scratched lines and wipes away from the surface of the plate
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Bit by bit the image is revealed
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The wiped back plate is now ready to be printed on a hand turned etching press
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After being turned through the etching press the image from the plate has transferred to the paper.
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The printed drypoint with the plate
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Image detail from Sailing to Byzantium by Shana James Old Man
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Image detail: Sailing to Byzantium by Shana James
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Image detail: Sailing to Byzantium
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The finished print, Sailing to Byzantium, completely handmade