Same ink and different paper…I just printed this 6”x6” woodcut of some Arabic calligraphy. It’s from a tourist tile I’ve had since my Jordan days and it reads 'ahlan-wa-sahlan' or 'welcome'. I used colored mulberry sheets and, because I was using darker paper, I used white titanium oil-based ink. I thought about re-inking the wood to get a more solid white but then decided I liked the way the white was affected by the paper showing through...
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On the black sheet it looks silver… en la hoja negra parece plateada…
on the purple it looks lavender… en purpura parece lavenda…
on the mustard it looks golden… en mostaza parece dorada…
on the red it looks pink... en roja parece rosada…
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La misma tinta y distintos papeles…
Acabo de tirar impresiones de este grabado de madera de ortografia arabe, tamano 15cmx15cm. El idea viene de un azulejo turistico que tenia desde mis anos en Jordania. Dice ‘ahlan-wa-sahlan’ que significa ‘bienvenido’. Use hojas coloradas de papel mulberry y, a causa de que use papel oscuro, usaba tinta blanca titania (oleo) para todas.
2 comments:
Nice. I too like the quality of the paper showing through the white ink. Did you live in Jordan?
Yes, Annie... I lived in Amman from '84 to '89 and loved it. I'm a desert person so the landscape intrigued me, places like Petra and Azraq were delightful. Best of all, the people were warm and inviting. My then-husband was with the United States Agency for International Aid (USAID), working in family health. I taught 4 years at the American Community School (high school Spanish and Yearbook) and had a delightful group of multi-national students.
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