Lace: I followed Susan Rostow's demo (many helpful videos on youtube: akuaprintshop4511 ) I covered a plexiglass plate with black Akua intaglio ink, placed cloth doilies and other lace on top, and printed them on damp/wet paper with tight pressure, which embossed the paper. I hand-rolled more black on top to highlight it. I removed the lace pieces and printed a second print using the pattern that was left on the plate. I cut these out and glued them to the larger print. Dr

There's a lot going on! Click arrow to view all; click on an image to enlarge. Part 1: Started with a drawing on tracing paper. The wall piece, at 23” x 46” is longer than my 24” x 30” press so I used two pieces of Arnhem 1618 paper. I printed the monotype using @Akuainks, added more layers and details and glued the two pieces together. The swirly lines in the background were made using Akua liquid pigment in a fine nibbed applicator bottle onto acetate, then printed. #artp

I thought this part of "About Time" would be simple. It’s just a fan, right? Live and learn! When flat, the fan was 56” wide. Folded it's 12.5" H x 23”W x 2” deep. I combined some prints and papers I had in my archives, printed a few more, and added some collage. I collaged all this onto a piece of Arnhem 1618 that I had scored for the folds. Oops!: didn’t account for the glued layers now being very thick, so when I made the final accordion folds into the fan shape, the cent

“About Time” is my newest, largest, most complicated monotype/collage ever! It celebrates the passage of time, hopefully flowing into a better future. It’s in the “Over the Edge: Printmaking without Limits” exhibit @PajaroValleyArts, May 26 – July 11. Reception: Saturday May 30, 1:00- 3:00, 280 Main St., Watsonville, CA Another printmaking show is also on view: "Voice for the Voiceless: The Art of Malaquias Montoya." 23” x 56” Akua ink: Monotype, collage, tetrapak drypoint

You’re invited to my Open Studio! Anita Heckman, artist #128. One weekend only: Saturday and Sunday, October 5 & 6, 11AM – 5PM. ‘Hope to...

Another in my constellations series. Cancer means Crab in Greek... Egyptians described it as Scarabaeus (Scarab), the sacred emblem of...

Version one of a recent print in my Constellations series. This monotype combines multiple recycled tetrapak drypoints, lasercut...