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Madirakshi — The Ugly Child
Published: 2009-02-14 01:22:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 643; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 3
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(Minotaur's Labyrinth)etching and ink jet chine colle
The deformed child of Minos, locked away in his own mind.
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Comments: 8
Good work, 'cia! It reminds me of the halloween masks we made as kids....
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This is great. I don't think I've ever seen digital chine colle like this before. Great stuff.
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I'd actually only seen it once, so I have nothing to base it off of. I guess that's good for experimentation!
Thanks!
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This has been VERY cool to watch progress since you first posted the line art- how did you do the coloration on it?
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it's a process called digital chine colle; I first made a tracing of my etching, then transferred it to watercolor paper. I then painted the image with watercolors. I scanned both the painting and the etching, and by layering them together, I created a registration system. Then I printed the watercolor onto kitakata paper using a large scale ink jet printer. After that, I inked up my etching plate, moistened the kitakata, and placed it on the plate, moving it around until the images lined up. I sprinkled wheat gluten onto the kitakata and put printmaking paper over the top and ran it through the press, and that is how that image was made.
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such a sad expression...this little ears on this paper bag deepen the sympathy with the child...
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