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| "Mother and Child" one of my solo Exhibitions in Sendai. " The Mind (Kokoro) is emptiness, (Ku, Kung, Sunyata) itself, but out of this emptiness an infinity of acts is produced; in hands it grasp, in feet it walks, in eyes it sees..etc. This mind must once be taken hold of, thought it is indeed very difficult to have this experience because we cannot get it from mere hearing, from mere listening to others talk about it... However when this is done, one's words are sincerity itself, one's behavior comes right out of the original Mind emptied of all ego -centered contents - pure, undefiled Original Mind - The Tao Itself."...Yagyu Tajima No Kami. From D>T>Suzuki's, Zen and Japanese Culture. |
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Etching - Basic method[edit]
In pure etching, a metal (usually copper, zinc or steel) plate is covered with a waxy ground which is resistant to acid.[1] The artist then scratches off the ground with a pointed etching needle[2] where he or she wants a line to appear in the finished piece, so exposing the bare metal. The échoppe, a tool with a slanted oval section, is also used for "swelling" lines.[3] The plate is then dipped in a bath of acid, technically called the mordant (French for "biting") or etchant, or has acid washed over it.[4] The acid "bites" into the metal (it dissolves part of the metal) where it is exposed, leaving behind lines sunk into the plate. The remaining ground is then cleaned off the plate. The plate is inked all over, and then the ink wiped off the surface, leaving only the ink in the etched lines.
The plate is then put through a high-pressure printing press together with a sheet of paper (often moistened to soften it).[5] The paper picks up the ink from the etched lines, making a print. The process can be repeated many times; typically several hundred impressions (copies) could be printed before the plate shows much sign of wear. The work on the plate can also be added to by repeating the whole process; this creates an etching which exists in more than one state.
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| The Mother and Child exhibit was mostly of Etchings which i did at the Miyagi Museum of Fine Arts in Sendai . |
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| One of the most rewarding thing about living like a hobo is the fact that you get to meet people from all walks of life and you get to experience all the unexpected, out of the ordinary that most whose life had been confined could never have. They may travel in their later lives as an effort to give themselves a break for having worked at the same job their entire lives, but this is tourism. As a tourist you see what others wants you to see. |
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| The Cheeseburger Buddha trapped into making a choice! |
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| An invitation card from my solo exhibition at the 'SCRAP GALLERY in Sendai. Can't say what reichiro wrote for me in Japanese there but I am sure it must be nasty! |
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| Random sketches found in the next few pages There are limitless things to draw and limitless ways to accomplish it,. So why, in heavens name, would you limit yourself!...DRAW!...Bahari. |
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| "In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing." Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890) Post Impressionist painter |
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| "Drawing is the artist's most direct and spontaneous expression, a species of writing: it reveals, better than does painting, his true personality." Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) French artist |
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