1968 - Collection III - Part of the Children’s Game

In this print I was summarizing all the phases I’d gone through in a few years, putting the tree symbolically (and photographically) in with the animal creature. I introduced game structures that fascinated me. "The Children's Game" refers to the naiveté of children and the fun of game-play. Yet I had a sense of foreboding, too, that the games children play can also lead to games adults play, and not always in the best interest of human kind. This was during the Viet Nam conflict. Then, one day, I saw that tree I photographed (and made into my first photo-etching) ripped out of its place on a small hill and hauled away to make room for a house. The original art for this stamp is an intaglio print from a copper plate I made by aquatint etching and engraving. Colors are burnt sienna, black, red, and ochre. The image is 19 1/4" X 18" printed on 24" X 22 3/4" Rives BFK.

Printmaking Trivia

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Trivia question A: What is aquatint and how did it get its name?

1. Aquatint is a method of spraying watercolor on to prints, hence the name aqua-tint.

2. Aquatint is an etching process that uses mineral water, so it's called aqua-tint.

3. Aquatint is an etching method using fused rosin or spray resist and gives effects like watercolor painting, hence aquatint.

Trivia question B: What is engraving?

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Trivia question C: What is photo etching?

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