Current Exhibit
Wax Impressions: Encaustic Monoprints by Mark Lavatelli
July 21 - September 20 , 2020
July 21 - September 20 , 2020
Covid Tree. 2020. encaustic monotype. 18" X 12”
Many prints in this show convey my love of trees as iconic landscape subjects. I am particularly captivated by the relationships of positive and negative spaces created by trunks and branches. Other prints reveal qualities of shape, texture, and line that are unique to encaustic printmaking.
These prints are images on paper made with encaustic paint (pigmented beeswax). The paint is heated on a metal plate until molten to make an impression on paper. With encaustic printing the paint goes into the paper instead of on the paper, thus eliminating adhesion problems. In 2016, I began using Duralar (sheets of thin, clear plastic) as an alternative printing surface to enhance edge control and solve registration issues. Duralar also allows for creating monoprints (variations of the same image) instead of monotypes (strictly one-of-a-kind pictures).
Many of these prints are on Asian “rice” papers (such as kozo) and many are on Arches 88, an unsized artist paper often used for silkscreen. My printing “plate” is a 24X36 inch sheet of anodized aluminum, heated by 100-watt lightbulbs in two “hot-boxes.”
View his monoprints and more at marklavatelli.com.
These prints are images on paper made with encaustic paint (pigmented beeswax). The paint is heated on a metal plate until molten to make an impression on paper. With encaustic printing the paint goes into the paper instead of on the paper, thus eliminating adhesion problems. In 2016, I began using Duralar (sheets of thin, clear plastic) as an alternative printing surface to enhance edge control and solve registration issues. Duralar also allows for creating monoprints (variations of the same image) instead of monotypes (strictly one-of-a-kind pictures).
Many of these prints are on Asian “rice” papers (such as kozo) and many are on Arches 88, an unsized artist paper often used for silkscreen. My printing “plate” is a 24X36 inch sheet of anodized aluminum, heated by 100-watt lightbulbs in two “hot-boxes.”
View his monoprints and more at marklavatelli.com.