Wagon Trail II, solar gravure by UNM professor Laurel Lampela
Item Number: 294
Time Left: CLOSED
Description
Wagon Trail II, solar gravure, 15 x 13 in. (framed) http://laurellampela.com/
Artist Statement:
My work reflects my interest in blurring the distinction between reality and fantasy, truth and fiction. The western movies and television shows that I watched as a child provided me with a fictitious and captivating west. I continue to be fascinated by the expanse, awe, and majesty of the western landscape. Yet, what I see seems surreal and I seek to portray that illusory quality in my digital constructs and solar gravure prints. I use the holster as a symbolic icon of the west. I was always fascinated with holsters but it wasn’t until I arrived in New Mexico that I began to collect and photograph them. The holster becomes a horse a presence in the land. My reality my fiction.
Solar Gravure is a method of producing a printing plate for fine art print editions. The process of creating the plate involves UV exposure of a steel sheet coated with photosensitive polymer that is masked with a hand-drawn transparency (ebony pencil on mylar). It is not unlike exposing emulsion-coated screens for screen-printing. The resulting plate, however, is more like an etched copper plate, and it is printed with the ink-and-wipe intaglio print method. The quality of the line and delicacy of gradients are remarkably true to that of pencil drawings on paper.
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