Blackadder Image

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THE Scottish painter Elizabeth Blackadder has translated into a print medium not just the characteristic vigor of her drawing but also something of the transparent, flowing quality of her This etching, ``Orchid,'' is printed by the Glasgow Print Studio. Technically speaking, it is a ``soft ground'' etching. A ``ground'' is an acid-resisting coat of wax or varnish over the metal printing plate. An etching is made by removing some of the ground to expose the metal under it. When the plate is subsequently immersed in acid, these exposed parts are bitten out or ``etched.'' Next the plate is cleaned. Then ink is worked into the etched lines. Surplus ink is wiped from the flat surface of the plate. And the image is finally printed on paper.

The tonal, watery parts of her print, which are also the colored areas of the image -- a gentle magenta run into by yellow for the flowers and their centers, and a charcoal-green for the leaves and stems -- were done by the ``spit-biting'' technique. These blotches and washes are produced by painting acid directly on the plate -- a different plate from the one used for the linear work.

Still-life in her hands turns the smallest of objects into arrangements of color on paper, precious images painted with affection, like items in a collection, specimens of delight set out on a table. Toys, feathers, paint brushes, an Indian purse, tiny Oriental objects, become almost separate paintings within a painting, itemized, loved. So do flowers. 781b155fdc