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Sailing to Byzantium

Sailing to Byzantium. Drypoint image by artist and printmaker Shana James inspired by Conversations with Ghosts concert with Paul Kelly. Sailing to Byzantium.

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Sailing to Byzantium

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  1. Sailing to Byzantium Drypoint image by artist and printmaker Shana James inspired by Conversations with Ghosts concert with Paul Kelly

  2. Sailing to Byzantium

  3. The image is first scratched into the drypoint plate. Its just like drawing with a pointed tool. It is difficult to see unless the light is just right.

  4. Inking Up: when the drawing on the plate is finished, the plate is coated with ink using a squeegee

  5. The ink is now carefully wiped off using the paper from a phone book

  6. Ink is trapped in the scratched lines and wipes away from the surface of the plate

  7. Bit by bit the image is revealed

  8. The wiped back plate is now ready to be printed on a hand turned etching press

  9. After being turned through the etching press the image from the plate has transferred to the paper.

  10. The printed drypoint with the plate

  11. Image detail from Sailing to Byzantium by Shana James Old Man

  12. Image detail: Sailing to Byzantium by Shana James

  13. Image detail: Sailing to Byzantium

  14. The finished print, Sailing to Byzantium, completely handmade

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