DIANA IS AN ARTIST, ARCHITECT AND DESIGNER FROM CALIFORNIA. SHE HAS LIVED IN ASIA (INDONESIA, HONG KONG AND SINGAPORE) FOR OVER 25 YEARS AND IS CURRENTLY CREATING IN MALAYSIA. DIANA STUDIED ARCHITECTURE AND PRINTMAKING AT UC BERKELEY AND MIT: THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY . HER ETCHING TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN REFINED AS A KEYHOLDER AT THE MANHATTAN GRAPHICS CENTER AND MULTIPLE WORKSHOPS AT CROWN POINT PRESS. MOST OF DIANA'S PRINTS ARE UNIQUE OR AVAILABLE IN EDITIONS OF TEN OR FEWER PRINTS. DIANA'S WORK HAS BEEN COLLECTED BY PRINT LOVERS IN THE USA, EUROPE, SOUTH AMERICA AND ASIA.
COPPER PLATE ETCHINGS ARE JUST ONE OF DIANA'S MANY ARTISTIC ENDEAVORS WHICH INCLUDE THE DESIGN OF FURNITURE, TEXTILES, GARDENS AND HOMES TO PUT IT ALL IN! . PLEASE EMAIL DIANA WITH YOUR MESSAGE OR INQUIRES ABOUT SALES AND COMMISSIONS: DIANADAYMOND@GMAIL.COM
COPPER PLATE ETCHING:
THE TECHNIQUE OF CLASSIC COPPER PLATE ETCHING USES ACID TO PERMANATELY ENGRAVE HUNDREDS OF WELL DRAWN LINES INTO A COPPER PLATE. AFTER REPEATED WORKINGS OF THE PLATE, INK IS COAXED AND PUSHED INTO THESE ETCHED LINES WITH A FINE TARLATAN CLOTH. A GREAT WHEEL PULLS THE HEAVY WEIGHT OF THE ETCHING PRESS SQUISHING THE INK INTO THE VERY FIBERS OF THE DAMPENED CLOTH. FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF EFFECTS, AN IMAGE MAY PASS THROUGH THE PRESS MULITPLE TIMES FOR DIFFERENT COLORS, TONES ARE ADDED THROUGH A ROSIN AQUATINT AND FINE PAPER CAN BE CHINE-COLLE'D BETWEEN THE IMAGE AND THE BASE PAPER. THIS ENTIRE PROCESS IS REPEATED FOR EACH PRINT.
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