yttrium - 39

printed by Mira Bednarek

 

monotype

 

Yttrium is used in television tubes to make the red

color. It was discovered in Ytterby, Sweden hence the swedish flag on the

one tv screen. It's a monoprint...meaning...like a painting it is an

original. I love to do sketches, photocopy them and alter them with zooming,

etc. Then I transfer the images using a gum arabic solution...the

photocopies become plates essentially. I like adding textures by creating my

own collage style plates...sometimes using random things like eggshells to

get the texture in the Yttrium print. I thought the eggshell texture

reminded me of a fuzzy tv screen. I don't know how many times I put this

particular print through the press. I never count.

Done