Strange Attraction 3 - cerulean 19 x 23 – 5

19 x 23 – 5 color silkscreen – S/N edition of 150 – 2 metallic golds

A few months back I picked up an Escher book at a Half Price Books in Austin that featured some of his lesser known more esoteric work

prompting me to take better note of my surroundings

I saw tranquility on the outside

The Ghost Who Walks on Third Man Records

Strange Attraction 3 - cerulean 19 x 23 – 5Foil stamping is somewhat similar to letterpress and engraving, in that the color is applied to paper with pressure. Once the design is finalized, copper plates are created in the appropriate shape for each individual color foil to be applied for a particular design. The dies are heated and then stamped with enough pressure to seal a thin layer of foil to the paper, and each color is applied individually through multiple runs of the press to create