Kendra Made: July 2009

Intaglio (Printmaking)

Intaglio is printmaking techniques in which the image is incised onto a copper plate. The incisions I created were done by etching and engraving. To print an intaglio plate ink is applied to the surface and then rubbed with cloth to remove most of the excess. The final wipe is often done with newspaper leaving ink only in the incisions. A damp piece of paper is placed on top and the plate and paper are run through a printing press that, through pressure, transfers the ink from the recesses of the plate to the paper.

"Our worst fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God; your playing small doesn't serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us. It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone, and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people premission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
Nelson Mandela

Thursday, July 9, 2009