Margaret Jean Taylor, painter, printmaker and book artist has done several projects with us over the years. Several have involved intaglio mixed with monoprint, cut stencils and varied inking methods. Many of them have gone on to become artist’s books and boxed portfolios.
The Terrible Vision, 2018-19
A portfolio of prints based on drawings made by the artist in the 1990s.
“Vision I, The Story”
Etching on zinc + photopolymer intaglio plate
Image: 18” x 24”
Support: 21-1/2” x 27-1/4” paper Hanemeuhle Copperplate bright white
Edition: 7 + 1 AP + 1 PP
Printers: Liz Chalfin, Kevin Pomerleau
“Vision II, Fire”
Etching on zinc + photopolymer intaglio plate
Image: 18” x 24”
Support: 21-1/2” x 27-1/4” paper Hanemeuhle Copperplate bright white
Edition: 7 + 1 AP + 1 PP
Printers: Liz Chalfin, Kevin Pomerleau
“Vision III, Destruction of Hate”
Etching on zinc with stencil
Image: 18” x 24”
Support: 21-1/2” x 27-1/4” paper Hanemeuhle Copperplate bright white
Edition: 7 + 1 AP + 1 PP
Printers: Liz Chalfin, Kevin Pomerleau
“Vision IV, Dawn of Love”
Etching on zinc
Image: 18” x 24”
Support: 21-1/2” x 27-1/4” paper Hanemeuhle Copperplate bright white
Edition: 7 + 1 AP + 1 PP
Printers: Liz Chalfin, Kevin Pomerleau
The Rose and Fire & Ash, 2014-15
A five-foot diameter drawing cut into eight sections and made into individual photopolymer intaglio plates. Displayed as a unit.
Image: 13” x 20”
Support: 14” x 21” paper Magnani Pescia white and blue and gray
Printers: Liz Chalfin, Elena Betke-Brunswick, Nancy Diessner, Margaret Jean Taylor
Plates made by Nancy Diessner, Dog Eye Press
Edition: 7 (5 white + 1 blue + 1 gray) + 2 PP
Shattered, 2020
The artist made 2 copper plate hard ground drawings based on a a photograph by Thomas Goisque after the April, 2019 fire that destroyed the roof of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.
Image: 15” x 22”
Support: 21.5” x 28”
Edition: 4 + 2 AP + 2 PP + 4 monoprints
Printer(s): Liz Chalfin, Kevin Pomerleau
Fog Over Water, etching on zinc
Image: 5” x 12”
Support: 10” x 16” Printer(s):
Liz Chalfin, Elena Betke-Brunswich
Edition: 5 + 2 AP + 1 PP + 2 monoprints