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Charcoal etching of a folded paper crane resting in tall meadow grass

Prints pulled by hand.

Etchings drawn, inked and pulled one sheet at a time.

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Crane in the long grassEtching on cotton rag, edition of 30

Etching of a fern frond with fine seed heads, in charcoal ink

Slow work, on purpose.

Folivra is a small atelier for intaglio prints. Nothing is reproduced; every sheet is pulled from the plate.

Drawn into wax
Each plate begins as a needle drawing through a thin ground on copper.
Bitten slowly
Short baths in the acid keep the finest grass lines from closing up.
Pulled by hand
Damp cotton rag goes through the press once, and the plate leaves its mark.

From the plate drawer.

Etching of a grey heron standing among tall reeds
Heron in the reedsEtching and aquatint on cotton rag
Etching of a moth resting on a slender twig
Moth on a hawthorn twigEtching on thin Japanese paper

The press room opens on Saturdays.

Watch a plate go through the press, then take a proof home in a paper folder.

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