Float

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This monotype is from the “Stones” series. Click on this image to see more monotypes from this series. They were done using a torn paper reduction technique which I developed. This image reminds me ice or wood floating in water.

       The central segment of this mixed-media print is an etching which was inspired by  the spartina grasses, prevalent along the marsh edges of Cape Cod . I imagined the sound of the wind in the grasses expressed in the symbols in the  lowest section of the image.

Water’s edge

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This monotype was inspired by the interplay of blueberry branches and their shadows at the edge of Slough Pond in Brewster, MA. It was created by rolling transparent layers of color on to a plexiglas plate and then wiping away color in successive layers. I also used this composition as the subject for a small etching. Click on the image to see more images from the pond series.

                    Message 2Originally uploaded by lesliekramer84

This linocut is based on cunieform writing, with very old Nepalese printing blocks printed above and below.  A friend found these blocks in Nepal and purchased them for me.  It also includes gold paper in a process called chine-colle .  Chine-colle is a collage method for adding color to a print during the printing process.

                                                   charactersOriginally uploaded by lesliekramer84

These are invented characters based on chinese calligraphy. The border is a piece of rice paper printed with ancient writing. Click on the image to see more work in the “Writings” series.

A palimpsest is a manuscript, often on parchment, which has been effaced, but traces of the original text remain. This etching is composed of layers of ancient alphabets, similar to the way that one civilization is based on the foundation of those which have preceded it.                                   

                             Palimpsest with gold leaf Originally uploaded by lesliekramer84