Experimental
Printmaking
Process
Krause
Studio,
Marshfield
Hills,
MA
A
brief
look
at
the
process
of
creating "Lady
of
the
Flowers"
"Lady
of
the
Flowers"
44
x
39
inches(112
x
98
cm)
© Dorothy
Simpson
Krause
1996
Photographer
Jan
Doucette,
took
the
photograph
of
a
Romanian
Flower
seller
and
the
celestial
map
came
from
Planet
Art's
copyright-free
CD,
Maps.
Working
in
the
software
program
Painter,
Krause
combined
the
two
images
by
layering
them
together.
(above,
upper
middle)
Krause
used
a
process
called "cloning" to
create
a
copy
of
the
image.
She
filled
the
clone
with
a
sandstone
color
and
then
applied
a
texture
which
embossed
the
image
into
surface
(above,
upper
right).
Because
the
embossed
sandstone
surface
was
linked
to
the
original,
she "cloned" the
face
and
some
of
the
details
back
into
the
copy.
The
final
digital
file
ready
for
printing
is
shown
above,
lower
right.
A
loosely
woven
linen
was
coated
with
gesso
and
rolled
to
created
surface
cracks.
After
printing,
the
linen
was
glued
to
a
plywood
surface
and
the
surrounding
area
was
further
textured
with
modeling
paste
and
painted
with
metallic
pigment.
A
4" x
5" transparency
was
taken
and
scanned
back
in
to
the
computer
for
further
manipulation.
The "final" print
was
done
on
a
textured
substrate.
After
printing,
gold
leaf
was
added
to
the
celestial "halo".