Hung in Space

Print

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

The artwork features an abstract landscape. A textured, predominantly dark surface with a rich, deep blue or black hue, interrupted by a horizontal band of muted beige at the top, where a striking red circle adds a focal point.

The artwork features an abstract landscape. A textured, predominantly dark surface with a rich, deep blue or black hue, interrupted by a horizontal band of muted beige at the top, where a striking red circle adds a focal point.

Name/Title

Hung in Space

Entry/Object ID

2017.13.3

Type of Print

Collagraph

Category

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

Made/Created

Artist

Sandra Bowden

Date made

1981

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image size

Height

14-3/8 in

Width

20-1/8 in

Dimension Description

frame size

Height

27 in

Width

32-3/4 in

General Notes

Note

Expanded Description: Masses of matter are suspended in space Hurled forth by the creator's force To birth to planets, stars and heavenly bodies. 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.