My friend Erin passed along a few engravings that she’d purchased many years ago in Aberfoyle, Ontario. One of them was of a collection of mittens and in this season of snow and ice it seemed like a good opportunity to take it for a ride.
I printed the mittens in gold, and overprinted the first stanza of In the Bleak Midwinter, one of my favourite songs. The mittens didn’t print perfectly, and the face I used for the text is battered by years of use so was a little uneven, but I’m happy with the result nonetheless.
It was rather amazing to have the mittens spring to life from the copper engraving: the plate seems insufficient to create such detail, in the same way that a vinyl record seems like it shouldn’t be able to hold a symphony. Analog FTW!
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Having examined the mittens
Having examined the mittens plate myself, I’m shocked at how well it printed. I had no idea.
(I bet Erin had an idea)
Love the simplicity and
Love the simplicity and balance of space on paper.
OK I post so I can play the game and prove I’m considered human by some.
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