MORE MONOSTICHS
A scion of a worthy stock yet buried in a precinct grave.
Where smokeless chimneys reached the sky they sat in silence wrapped in shawls.
As a bird is defined by the plumage so a tart is defined by the crust.
With broken lock and rusty hinges the door was forced by calloused hands.
Though you don’t know me I once dreamed that I met you in another life.
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Author:
Michael Edwards (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Today's abstract painting is in fact a print being 1 of 1 - the method only allows for one print to be taken.
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Agree with Santi! The last one is the best. But I also like the other ones, especially the bird one.
The print is great too. What kind of printing is it that you could only make one copy? Straight from glass? I used to deal with original graphics, silkscreens, etchings, etc., but this one got me stumped!
A bit difficult to explain but I'll try. I get an old mount with a suitable sized aperture and tape a piece of paper/card behind it ready to receive the print. Then on the front side along one edge only I attach a sheet of heavy duty tracing paper so that it can lift up and down like a letter box flap. I then tear out bits of paper to different shapes and sizes which I lay on the paper within the aperture to create a sort of pattern.
On the underside of the flap I then paint a layer of acrylic paint. The flap is then closed onto the mount and gentle pressure is applied so the paint is transferred onto the paper. Then I lift the lap and move the strips of paper to different positions and then fold the flap back down again to transfer more paint onto the paper. This can be repeated several times.
While the flap is closed I sometimes draw lines on the tracing paper which results in the lines you can see in the above painting/print.
Obviously you can't repeat the process to produce another identical print as each time the result will be different.
Hope this is all clear - a simple method to achieve some great results without the need for presses and all the other paraphernalia associated with print making.
More good ones Michael but I do like the second one very much.
Thanks Andy
"So that was YOU ! Deja Vu !
Thanks Michael FIVE is my favourite too ~ BRIAN
Love the Painting ~ RAIN IN MANHATTEN !
It hasn't got a title yet so I'll call it that - thanks Brian
Good mono-wotsits and pic Michael.
Pleased you like my mono-scribblybits Orchi.
Awesome monstitchs Michael. Somehow I like the second, the third and the last one better. The second somehow reminds me of my father and his boxes of cigars wrapped in brown paper.
Now you've put the thought in my mind it also reminds me of my grandfather sitting by the hob with his cloth cap and choker - thanks Malu.
Love those one liners. Short yet tells more.
Can't believe it took such a lot of efforts to finish a paint like this. Love the final work.
Thanks m&m - pleased you like them and as for the print I've got to brush up on the technique before next Tuesday as I 'm giving a demonstration to an art group
I love the print because it's color gives cool sedation like being in a forest. It has beautiful depths. I have done some Batic on silk fabric. Really interesting. It is messy though.
Yes this one's a bit messy too but worth the trouble.
Painting is messy but like you said it is worthy the trouble.
Oh I loved the last line! But they are all very good. I also read how you made the print 1 of 1. Very interesting! Always a joy to stop by your page!
Thanks Christina - you're very kind.
This was a fun stop by got to read some poetry and learn about a way to make a print , good stuff
What a great pick-up line that last one would make! Love it, Michael.
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