Intaglio Print
In the Intaglio project, the goal was creating a print that tells a story. I had recently rediscovered the poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe and was inspired. I could not get the poem out of my head, so I started drawing a raven saying “nevermore” and had my story. I then added a full moon behind the raven to showcase night/darkness. With the aquatint I kept the moon white, made the raven light grey, and the sky almost black. I wanted the illusion of the bird being back light by the moon, making it somewhat glow. I titled the piece, “Lenore” after the woman who the story is about.
6 x 8 in, Etching and Aquatint
Progress Work
“Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow;—vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore—
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—
Nameless here for evermore.”
“The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe
