AQUAGRAVURE
THE YEAR 2007 - CRUCIAL - MARKS THE "ENTRY INTO FORCE" OF AQUAGRAVURE.
Aquagravure is characterized by the simultaneous creation of paper and engraving. The artist engraves and sculpts his motif in bas-relief on a wax plate. A flexible mold is made from this creation. The sheet of paper is made in the workshop with paper pulp, then deposited in the chosen format, on a support in the press. The mold is colored "with the doll", manual technique, for each print, before being positioned on the paper pulp. The pressing is done gradually until it reaches several tons to drive the water out of the paper and impose on it the imprint of the work by molding. so that the paper becomes a constitutive element of the work. This technique opens the way to new fields of creativity thanks to its possibilities of volume and material.
COLORS AND MONOCHROMY
IN 2007, BERNARD ALLIGAND TAKES OVER THE AQUAGRAVURE PROCESS and until 2012 produced around fifteen editions. He will only return in 2016/2017, inspired by his trips to Iceland .
F. 54 x 44 cm, image 38 x 28 cm. Tirage : 30 ex. numérotés, signés par l'artiste. Ed. EAS
F. 54 x 44 cm, image 38 x 28 cm. Tirage : 30 ex. numérotés, signés par l'artiste. Ed. EAS
F. 27 x 27 cm, image 16,5 x 16,5 cm. Tirage : 30 ex. numérotés, signés par l'artiste. Ed. L'Estampe
F. 54 x 44 cm, image 38 x 28 cm. Tirage : 30 ex. numérotés, signés par l'artiste. Ed. EAS
Mixed media. Aquagravure, collages, inking of several colors on reconstituted paper.
Aquagravure, papier reconstitué. F. 52,5 x 52,5 cm. Tirage : 20 ex. numérotés, signés par l'artiste. Ed. L'Estampe
Aquagravure, papier reconstitué. Intervention sable noir. F. 52,5 x 52,5 cm. Tirage : 20 ex. numérotés, signés par l'artiste. Ed. L'Estampe
Aquagravure, papier reconstitué. Intervention sable noir. F. 52,5 x 52,5 cm. Tirage : 20 ex. numérotés, signés par l'artiste. Ed. L'Estampe
Aquagravure, papier reconstitué. F. 52,5 x 52,5 cm. Tirage : 20 ex. numérotés, signés par l'artiste. Ed. L'Estampe
Mixed media. Aquagravure in 2 versions, with and without Icelandic sand highlights