Artist: Heidi Lingamfelter Almosara
Title: Sentinel: Quince Branch over Water
Medium: Screen Print on BFK Rives White Paper
Size: 29" x 22.25"
Date: 2017
Limited Edition: Only 6 original prints; edition variable.
AP: 1 Artist Proof on Magnani Pescia Light Blue Paper
*Edition variable: Edition varies from print to print only in the branch form. Due to the nature of how it was screen printed, each speckled pattern is slightly different in all 6 prints but the same colors were used to create the speckle.
Sentinel: Quince Branch over Water
This screen print was created using 4 stencils/screens, multiple colors, gradients, textures, and the reduction process through screen printing. All stencils were hand painted onto the screen using screen filler and then printed with a squeegee. The branch texture was created by flicking ink onto the surface of the screen with a toothbrush and then printed with a squeegee. The resulting effect made the edition varied, which caused each print to be an “edition variable”. This print marks the first image of a screen print series that will combine my own ikebana creations with mokuhanga inspired effects. [ikebana: the Japanese art of flower arrangement; mokuhanga: the Japanese art of woodblock printing]