Artwork details

Artist

Title

Green Bird

Description

I have become well versed with the centuries old techniques developed for intaglio printmakers to erode the surface of copper plates: hard ground, soft ground, sugar-life ground, aquatint, white ground, spit bite, and dry point.. But I have added a new twist to the process: my an affinity for using paper. This desire to experiment with paper and printmaking has led me back to Japanese paper with intaglio printmaking using Japanese paper. The long-fibered, flexible paper allows me to overlap and layer images, taking many passes through the press with different plates without embossed plate marks. My favorite Japanese paper is one that has a hint of reddish earth tones. I find that this slight tone unifies the colors, whether subtle or bright.

Date

2013

Medium

Monotype

Edition

Signature

Signed

Image

19.5 x 31 inches

Sheet

19.5 x 35 inches

Status

Available

Price

$1,950.00

Kumi Korf

Kumi Korf, whose work uses a wide range of media and techniques, holds an MFA in printmaking from Cornell University. She studied architecture in her native Japan. Her most recent concentration is on intaglio printmaking and artists’ books and teaches sculptural book workshops nationwide. Annual solo exhibitions are at Chandler Fine Art, San Francisco, with others nationally and internationally. Her work is included in many museums and library collections including the Library of Congress; New York Public Library; Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY; Cleveland Museum of Art; Getty Research Library; Museum of Modern Art Library; Harvard University Houghton Library; Tate Library; Victoria & Albert Museum. National Museum of Women in the Arts; Alexandria Library, Egypt.