Fortress Finds

Print

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

The image displays a layered abstract artwork with earthy tones, depicting textures resembling geological strata and rock formations. The top sections feature horizontal bands of varying colors and textures, suggesting landscapes or horizons. Below, intricate patterns and earthy, textured surfaces create a rugged, natural appearance.

The image displays a layered abstract artwork with earthy tones, depicting textures resembling geological strata and rock formations. The top sections feature horizontal bands of varying colors and textures, suggesting landscapes or horizons. Below, intricate patterns and earthy, textured surfaces create a rugged, natural appearance.

Name/Title

Fortress Finds

Entry/Object ID

2017.13.5

Type of Print

Collagraph

Category

On-Display at Calvin Seminary, Abstract, Landscape, Design/Pattern/Shape

Made/Created

Artist

Sandra Bowden

Date made

1983

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image size

Height

23 in

Width

15-1/4 in

Dimension Description

frame size

Height

35-1/4 in

Width

28-1/4 in

General Notes

Note

Expanded Wall Label: This collagraph depicts an ancient desert fortress, perhaps Masada. Numerous archaeological artifacts are buried within the site. The central rectangle contains a text from Psalms similar to those found in a synagogue at Masada in Israel. A collagraph is an intaglio printing process, which used a built-up collaged plate made from a great variety of materials (strips of fabric, thread, aluminum foils, plants, marble dust, acrylic modeling paste) that are glued onto the surface of the masonite or cardboard. The surface is then painted or inked and run through an etching press at several thousand pounds of pressure, thereby transferring the paint and the texture to the surface of the paper. The process is completely repeated to create another print in the edition.