collages prints tiles painted
15x15cm
15x15cm
Pressed on 250g paper.
Highlighted with typographic inks.
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It's thanks to my father-in-law, the watercolor painter and musician, Raymond Reille. He offered me plates on which I was able to chisel animals, intertwined characters.
Some proofs of my engravings, made for my pleasure and that of my friends.
The etymology of the term scrimshaw is uncertain. At the end of the 19th century, an American dictionary defined the word as a nautical term for any object produced by sailors during the hours of freedom. A scrimshaw performer is known as a scrimshander.
Originally, candle black, soot or tobacco juice were used to make the engraved pattern appear. Gaëtane uses Indian ink.
Note that the sale or possession of any ivory considered ancient, such as mammoth ivory between 10,000 and 40,000 years old, is completely free.
Ivory is a fragile medium and bone pieces are even more fragile (more fibrous and porous). Professional restorers of fine art and historical objects generally recommend against applying oil or wax to organic objects such as ivory. As a general rule, it should not be exposed to direct sunlight and rather kept in places where humidity and temperature vary little. Moreover, it is better to handle it with gloves or freshly washed hands, otherwise the ivory or bone will end up discoloring, as on old piano keys subjected to the natural oils of the hands.
The modern scrimshaw generally retains the nautical themes of the historic scrimshaw, but Gaëtane has freed herself from this kind of constraint as usual, and goes well beyond the traditional.
The etymology of the term scrimshaw is uncertain. At the end of the 19th century, an American dictionary defined the word as a nautical term for any object produced by sailors during the hours of freedom. A scrimshaw performer is known as a scrimshander.
Originally, candle black, soot or tobacco juice were used to make the engraved pattern appear. Gaëtane uses Indian ink.
Note that the sale or possession of any ivory considered ancient, such as mammoth ivory between 10,000 and 40,000 years old, is completely free.
Ivory is a fragile medium and bone pieces are even more fragile (more fibrous and porous). Professional restorers of fine art and historical objects generally recommend against applying oil or wax to organic objects such as ivory. As a general rule, it should not be exposed to direct sunlight and rather kept in places where humidity and temperature vary little. Moreover, it is better to handle it with gloves or freshly washed hands, otherwise the ivory or bone will end up discoloring, as on old piano keys subjected to the natural oils of the hands.
The modern scrimshaw generally retains the nautical themes of the historic scrimshaw, but Gaëtane, has freed himself from the constraints as usual, and goes well beyond the traditional.
