Heroes
Medium: Zinc Etchings
Size: 665 x 390mm
Paper: Hahnemuhle 300gsm
posted by Anonymous at 10:29 am
Saturday, June 25, 2005
Medium: Zinc Etchings
Size: 665 x 390mm
Paper: Hahnemuhle 300gsm
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50 Comments:
Mrs and Mr Anonymous.
your mum and dad in the fifties?
very nice, i wish i could etch....
Great stuff! Looks like my folks, at least the style is the same. Love her glasses, and the classic HUGE button on her "car coat" is priceless.
so funky! your folks must love them. unless of course by "mr. and mrs. anonymous" you mean yourself and your hubby, who happen to be into retro style! do you or your parents have these hanging on the "family picture" wall? i'd certainly like these much more than the studio shots of my sister and i as smocked munchkins that hang at my parents place (i've long since stopped inviting boyfriends there for dinner!)
cheers luv,
kerry
Wonderful crosshatching work, Anonymous! My mom used to wear glasses just like that. Very photorealistic !
:-)
Etching is the next method to try after mastering linocutting Vfm4. This is Mum in 1962 before travelling from Australia to America; and Dad in 1955 before travelling from Vienna to Australia.
I also love the glasses Rick and the buttoned coat was shortly worn as a multipurpose 'travelling coat'.
Kerry - This print hangs on my kitchen wall. Framed as one, it's between two print sets of Grandparents. There are also eight art books containing collection of family for those living. Kerry, tell parents they will never meet another boyfriend as long as your munchkin photos hang. Perhaps you could repaint their collection to replace photos?
We have matching Mums Steve :) These images were crosshatched from old passport photos.
it's wonderful that you have your family in art rather than photos. it must look amazing!
as for me repainting those munchkin shots, i never want to see those smocks or kilt pinafores ever again! plus the bowl cuts to match. maybe i'll paint a more up-to-date series though, your idea is giving me ideas! i'm hoping to paint a pic of dad this week anyway if i get the chance, so maybe that's a good place to start!
cheers luv,
kerry
Hhahaaahaa me neither, smocks, kilts, pinafores, kaftans and girdles! Hmmmm Kerry's Dad in Rave gear? Can't wait :)
This is for me the best piece you've posted.... I can really feel the empathy and love that you have for your parents come through on this. As a fellow child of an immigrant family, I always think what brave decisions people take to make a new life for themselves. Where's that phone, I calling my mother to tell her how much I admire and love her.
Detlef
http://www.detlefjumpertz.com
PS. the soft blue background is an inspired choice.
Do you really want to make me cry Detlef? XOX
Fantastic!
Very cool, Great job with the clothing/shading. That gets me everytime.
so great
i love them
i have so much admiration for people who can etch successfully!
xox
I love your intended meaning in this submission! I saw something else in it though as well: that each of us carries a hero inside, whether we know it or not.
This thought was inspired by your title for the piece. Of course I knew right away it probably referred to your family given your screen name, but it struck me that "anonymous" could be anybody, and I liked that too. :0)
i would always hear from my older people that when a couple stay together or rather get married that their faces becomes similar....aren't they? great illustration and i like those checkered prints....
Thank you for your time Evil Jeanius, Piggy Ryan and Stephanie to leave positive comments :)
Aravis Arwen, I am very glad you picked up on the corresponding meaning which brought a slight diagonal to one side of my mouth when also realising. Everyone has parents plus anyone and everyone a hero :)
Isay, although they were not yet married in 1955, it is true both are fine boned and thoroughbreds. Hheheeeee.
I must have had a knowing, Anon. When you first mentioned not knowing of heroes, I was going to suggest posting a pic of your parents.
Your dad looks a lot like JFK.
Very nice.
Sounds like a knowing to me Miss Daze, very likely at exact moment in time. Dad is much better looking than JFK, it must be the same era of hairstyle and dress that helped with this association:)
hey luv, well, i did it, though not in rave gear! i was tempted to do a pic of him in his flares from the late sixties, but i kept current with his golf shirts! hee hee...
cheers
kerry
Your Dad's fashion is very modern day Kerry, and I have left a comment about my feelings in regards to your successful artwork at
http://www.xanga.com/item.aspx?user=TheGreatCanadianHo&tab=weblogs&uid=291741976 !
PS I sometimes wear flares :)
Great idea, it's moving to understand in a glimpse that they are your parents...
This is quite cool. Nice to see actual hands-on, fine art solutions to these illofriday subjects. Nicely executed. Reminds me of R. Crumb.
Guess when you etch you just gotta scratch. :)
The language of art is especially an advantage when there is a conventional language barrier Adélie :)
Glad you like James. Agree there is something similar about passport photos with teeth included that can trigger a creepy edge. Thanks for the motto heheheeee!! Lots of scratching going on here!
That is so cool!! i like ur draw a lot!
Nice pieces! I like them as a pair!
Thanks for your comments Bana and Rebeccashane. There are editions as a pair to wall hang and single book editions also. Each family branch has both.
Please don't give me a virtual smack, but the first thing I thought of when I saw those glasses was The Far Side!
These are great, by the way. I had never heard of zinc etching before, but I'm helluva curious now. Wonderful.
Hheheee Jeope, Gary Larson drew snakes in glasses, aprons and beehive hairdos. Was his Mum accessorised likewise? He was also influenced by Sergio Arragones from 'Mad Magazine' - my childhood favourite. You might have spied something there.
Zinc etching - a metal zinc plate is coated with a varnish-like coating or 'ground' which acid can't bite through. Areas of zinc are exposed by scribing the surface with an etching needle. The whole plate is then immersed in acid until the exposed lines are bitten. This produces grooves in the metal that will hold ink. The ground is then removed, before the plate is printed.
This print was also 'Aquatinted' by melting resin on the plate to hold ink in areas to produce greys.
Glad you're not a cat Jeope? :)
Wow! Another great piece Anon! It's super cool you have these as your family portaits! You've inspired me to try somthing like that of my own.
The pieces are strong graphically and v. retro cool to boot!
Let me know when you're done Katherine - would love to see. Agree retro is cool for family pics:)
Those portraits are so beautiful and such a warming tribute to your parents, in both the doing and the posting as heroes! Thank you!
A,
It's always a joy to see your latest prints. These are both wonderful.
As always, perfect. Ya just gotta hang on 'till that look comes back into style!
You taught me about Rosa Parks Kim - thank you! We have our own black history here in Australia.
Thanks Mick, I value your comments.
Tony, I am a gust with admiration for your week's entry. Style has never much influenced me, only if it catches up and forces me to change.
Wow, as for my comment - well WOW. These are wonderful and so is your talent. I've been looking through family albums lately and it seems everyone's parents looked like this in the '50s. I like how you have them looking straight at you - very brave and confident. You did a great job.
Thanks Janey ... I also like your portrait of your Mum, and she's looking straight at you :)
wow, those are fabulous...great detail work.
violetismycolor
Wow...are these your folks?? great job...how detailed.
Violette
awesome, retro, and cool. will be back!
erika
http://www.five3.com
Too cool! Love the details and colors. Great illo of the Anon Family.
Thanks for compliments about etching of my parents being detailed Violetismycolor, Violet; and cool Shano and Erika. I really should get them to read all your compliments.
Today is the first day of Mum's retirement after more than thirty years working in the same school. She would love to feel awesome, retro and cool today.
No offence, but they're actually a little creepy (in a good way!) :).
I like the idea that these are personal heroes, male and female, and also the recognition of your parents as people in their own right. An excellent take on the subject!
Hheheee I also like the creepy goodness Ian T. Woops, maybe I can't show them this post now. Whahahahaa.
There isn't a thing I don't love about these etchings. You have such varied talent!
We have matching colour schemes this week Amy. Your talent is just as varied, if not more. Feel like I'm playing tennis with you each week :)
Great portraits! I love this entry.
hey luv! thought i'd actually respond to your post on your blog, instead of always using steve's as a message board!:D
love your idea you sick and twisted little girl...and wish i had the guts to actually buy one of those dollies for the shower...but i'm too much of a chickenshit, so i'm afraid i can only think about doing it!
can't wait to see what you've got in store for us for "sport"!
cheers,
kerry
Thanks Reluctant Blogger - you might not be as reluctant as first thought :)
Hello Kerry! You can use mine as a message board - I can still email list of more sick twisted ideas, but if lacking in guts (would never have thought)how about a DVD of 'Amelie' which is girly, romantic and inexpensive :)
My answer to Amy above is the closest to sport I get at the moment. The sport of hitting compliments back and forth - might have to be a bad sport and sit this one out ...
yup, in this case i have to be careful...not too obvious. i love "amelie" but unfortunately is too cheap...my budget is more like $100...must be representative of the entire clan who can't attend, mum would be horrified if i passed on death dollie on her behalf! so subtlety is my mission. plus, would be in extremely bad taste and too mean in this circumstance cuz of a horrible rape/abortion that happened many years ago.
the reason i thought a pasta-maker would be a good idea was cuz she'd never be able to use it. but i need more ideas along that line...that look like i care yet hold hidden mischief!
cheers,
kerry
Aha, understand need for hidden mischief. However, the best way to get message across would be to spend $50+ on wrapping with card and less on contents :)
How about extravagantly wrapped Safety Girl Roadside Emergency Kit
http://www.agiftfornoreason.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=19 ? It can be read as caring but also carry undertones about 'in sickness or in health', or 'emergency escape kit'.
Perhaps a yearly subscription for the 'about to be newly weds' for the State Museum (would only apply if filled with lots of skeletons) sitting in a fancy box ten times the size of the subscription papers of course. This can be changed to Aquarium if there is a fear for either sharks or water.
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