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“About Time” process, part 2
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
anitaheckman
May 291 min read


Fan, unfolded...
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
anitaheckman
May 291 min read


Process video: waterlily Tetrapak print +more!
Waterlily peel/reveal and other Tetrapak plates for my next print. The plates are made from recycled Almond Milk aseptic containers. I...
anitaheckman
Mar 4, 20231 min read
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