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Monthly Archives: October 2014

I have come to a stopping point in the new etching while I consider what if any refinements need to be made. The etching based on a drawing that I posted earlier with the working title “Baldur” has been retitled “Ossian”. Ossian or Oisin was the son of Finn […]

First State of the New Etching

October 24, 2014 in Uncategorized by Alan Larkin

About 40 prints representing the best of my work in printmaking will be exhibited at Huntington University (see map below). Opening on Friday Nov. 7 from 6:00 to 7:30

Exhibition of My Prints at Huntington University

October 16, 2014 in announcement / exhibition by Alan Larkin

The needling for the new etching, “Baldur”, is nearly done. Executed under a magnifying lens, much of the drawing is done with stipple or tightly controlled hatch marks. In etching, the plate having been covered with a very thin acid resistant ground can be scratched so densely that to […]

Baldur Etching Plate Nearly Done

October 12, 2014 in Uncategorized by Alan Larkin

I have just transferred this image to a small copper plate 5” x 3” and have begun needling it. It will be the jack in my suit of cat cards, As in earlier face cards for this suit, there is a central figure surrounded by fairy minions, an iconic […]

Study for the New Etching – “Baldur”

October 7, 2014 in Uncategorized by Alan Larkin