PAUL BONG | 'Leaves of scrub-tree' | Mezzotint print Edition:1/50 Framed Bobbie Ruben

Bobbie Ruben

Paper size: 40 x 60 cm

Collaborating printer: Dian Darmansjah

800 x 1200 mm (paper)

PAUL BONG | 'Leaves of scrub-tree' | Mezzotint print Edition:1/50 Framed Bobbie RubenThese are the first mezzotint prints I have done. I work from my own studio on the main street of Innisfail and now do all my printing myself. Mezzotints are different to etchings and they take a very long time to make the image on the surface of the metal plate. I bought a tool and I use that to rock back and forth and scrape and burnish the copper or zine plate to get the different tones, the light and dark areas. These are my representations of