Okay – This is Starting to Get Really Fun

I’ve been agonizing for a week now about what to do to finish these two prints I did last weekend at Aurobora. I was so happy with use of the contrasting paper, the pages from the Ancient Mythology book and use of the gelatin print I had made of peony leaves while in MN (see below, ghost print from plate with peony chine colle). As nice as they were, though, I felt the pieces needed something black in a line drawing that related to ancient mythology.

The text of the book pages (see above, Amenophis I) relates to the pharoh Amenophis, so I found an image of clay pottery from his tomb (courtesy of google images!) and drew it in pencil. I did the xerox transfer method with some black-gray ink and voila!

They both now feel complete.