Julia Child Exhibit

This past year I saw an exhibit in Richmond, Virginia about Julia Child, American Chef extraordinaire! She’s very well known for her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking and for her television cooking shows, especially The French Chef (premiered 1963). She became very interested in French cooking while living in Paris. There is much to learn about her life there!

Julia Child (1912-2004)

Virginia Museum of History and Culture

                                        

Floral Attraction - Solarplate Etching

I decided to experiment in combining a solarplate etching with a linocut. I drew the roses on glass and then exposed it onto a light sensitive plate. I developed the plate, inked it and then printed it on fine printmaking paper using my etching press. I then cut out the border in linoleum and printed it around the solarplate print. PHEW! It was tricky to get it lined up correctly but I think it came out pretty well!

I like the added color that the linocut brings.

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