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Dulltown, UK: Today's ancient Egyptian deity is the one appearing as a lion-headed man with a lotus headdress, the God Nefertem. His main cult centres are Memphis and Buto, and his associations are: primeval, and lotus blossom. Click here.
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Yes, it is one of those prints that come almost out of nothing.
They almost needn't exist at all.
Just at the end of a printing session, of a short edition of lino prints - they are hanging on the indoor line, drying, waiting - to when they can be handled, to be eventually signed and numbered - and it is the time for me to clear up the workbench, and wash my ink-spattered hands.
There it is...
A glass plate (these are sold as kitchen chopping boards), on the bench, with ink spread over it, a roller with ink on it, a pile of thin wispy printing paper waiting to be put back into its folder. Every time I get to this stage, I wonder if I should use the ink remaining on the glass to do one of those extremely quick monoprints, or just scrape it off on a paper towel, and chuck it away?
Surely, I have done enough of these extra ones?
They are all pretty similar, but then again, as they are mostly random, and carefree, in the way they are done, they are all different. People say they like them - people say that they look better than my actual prints. Ha!... How annoying is that?
At this point, I usually say to myself, Oh well, it only takes a few seconds... I grab a palette knife, scrape it around the ink a bit, and plonk a sheet of paper over it, give it a rub with a forefinger, pull it off, and hang it next to the prints on the line...
You never know, after I'm dead and gone, and my genius is finally recognised, this attractive little item might sell for...?
Monoprint. 2022. Oil-based ink on thin Japanese paper, about A4 in size.
Would you, dear reader, like to know how those marks are made?
The background, is just ink rolled out on the glass with a roller, the lighter areas at the edges are just where the ink is thinner, those small black spots with a white area around them, are...
I don't know what causes those - maybe they are just spots of muck on the glass, they do look nice though, don't they? Those very fine lines zipping about the place are done quickly with the point of the palette knife, and the big overbearing zigzaggy thing lurching across, like some mindless beast, is done with the straight side of the blade, but wiggled about a bit.
Another 12-second artwork.
Dramatic? Isn't it?...
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