![]() ![]() The edition of 100 copies was printed by hand on 100% cotton archival-quality Rives BFK paper, using a French-made Le Deuil etching press. Working with master printer Peter Pettengill at Wingate Studio, New Hampshire, Ford used the traditional techniques of line etching, hard and soft ground, aquatint, spit bite, sugar lift, and drypoint to make the print Granary. The most comprehensive survey of Ford’s oeuvre to date, this publication features 40 new works, more than 120 additional pages, and a new essay by the artist.įollowing the original sold-out Art Edition, this update of Pancha Tantra includes the six plate aquatint etching Granary, which depicts crimson-capped Acorn Woodpeckers guarding their cache of acorns as the Hollywood Hills-and the famed Stahl House-are threatened by wildfire. ![]() A closer look reveals a complex and disturbingly anthropomorphic universe, full of symbols, sly jokes, and allusions to the ‘operatic’ quality of traditional natural history.įord’s large-scale watercolors of animals make up a unique anthropomorphic universe rich in sly jokes and hidden meaning. Walton Ford - Pancha Tantra, Update - Art Edition 'Granary'- 2020Īt first glance, Walton Ford’s large-scale, highly detailed watercolors of animals recall the prints of 19th-century illustrators John James Audubon and Edward Lear. ![]()
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