Title:
pirates alley in rapture
Width:
14 inches
35.6 centimeters
Height:
11 inches
27.9 centimeters
Artwork Description:
Edition III of IV in the Pirates Alley Series. Frame included in price. The inspiration for this hand pulled original etching by Jerry Di Falco originated with one of the his own photographs taken with Kodak black and white film on a Minolta 35mm camera. Di Falco’s etching features Pirate’s Alley in New Orleans’ French Quarter, located next to the cathedral’s rear side. This willowy and mysterious side street has a colorful history of bars, opium dens and boarding houses for pirates over 200 years past. Di Falco used oil-based, French inks and Rives BFK white paper. Three colors of Mulberry bark paper from Thailand, which the artist had treated with methyl cellulose, was utilized in his Chine collé process. The artist’s zinc etching plate measured six inches high by eight inches wide paper size is eleven inches by fifteen inches and the frame is 11 inches high by 14 inches wide 28cm x 36cm . The price includes frame, archival mat, heavy-duty shipping box and wrapping costs. Shipment costs are not included. The STUIO TECHNIQUES employed by Di Falco included Aquatint, Drypoint, Chine collé, and Intaglio. The etching was hand-printed by Di Falco in FOUR EDITIONS limited to only FIVE PRINTS PER EDITION. This particular etching is from the THIRD EDITION. Notes on the Chine Collé Process Chine Collé, which translates from French as Chinese pasting, is a process in which colored and treated paper is attached to the etching plate before the printing press is activated. I mix Methylcellulose powder with spring water and then paint the resulting clear viscous substance to hand-dyed mulberry-bark paper from Thailand Brand Unryu In Japan, Unryu translates as CLOUD DRAGON paper because it has long swirling threads of kozo fibers integrated in it, thereby giving the texture and visual effect of clouds. Kozo fibers come the branches of the kozo paper mulberry bush, specifically the innermost of three layers of bark, which must be removed, cooked, and beaten before the sheets are formed. Kozo is harvested annually. The treated Thai paper is then allowed to dry overnight and I cut it to fit the plate areas where I want color to exist in the print. These stenciled mulberry-bark papers are first dampened misted with water and placed upon the already inked and wiped etching plate. The printing process continues, and a multi-colored image on paper resulting. This hand-done process is a difficult and laborious one, which I do myself every step of the way. Keywords shadows, shutters, bricks, yellow, New Orleans, lampposts, ornate iron railings, street car lines, archival photo, balconies, French Quarter.
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