Backwards intaglio: making Frank Stella’s ‘Swan Engravings’
With the support of the Tyler Graphics team, Frank Stella was able to create innovative prints that radically reinterpreted the possibilities of printmaking processes and materials. One of our favourite stories about working with Stella is Rodney Konopaki’s recollections of using 17,000 Q-tips to remove ink from the intaglio plates for the Swan engravings series. This project, which developed concurrently with the ground-breaking Circuits series, was radical for the way sculptural cut-offs were assembled onto a board to create a […]
Categories: Artists, Behind-the-scenes, Tyler Graphics Ltd • Tags: Art, artists, etching, Frank Stella, ink, intaglio, printmaking, prints, rodney konopaki, swan engravings
