Smoke Tracings

Smoke Tracings

3 Oil smoke tracings; black oily smoke smudges on paper revealing line designs in scrolled leaf shapes. The artist embossed a sheet of copper by incising the lines of half of the design. The plate is covered underneath with smoke from burning heavy oil-smoked rag then paper is pressed over it. the smoke copy is taped to the opposite side on top and used as a pattern to incise a symmetrical mirror image. Height/Width A: 5 7/8 x 11 3/8" - yellowed paper B: 5 7/8 x 11 3/8" - white paper C: 8 1/2 x 13 3/8" - white paper circle design on one side

1993.064.025