The
2016 edition of the Skaneateles Winter Fest here, Saturday, January
30, just became a lot more interesting. Noted Central New York
artist, Elizabeth Andrews has agreed to demonstrate the 500 year old
art print making known as “etching” during a demonstration
titled, “The
Mysterious Art of Etching”
at Gallery 54, 54 E. Genesee St., from 12 to 3 pm.
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| ElisabethAndrews |
Andrews
began etching because she “...loved its detail and sometimes
serendipitous nature.” She's found that “people are genuinely
interested and curious about the art” through which she gets to
interpret life “and make up stories!”
“It's
special,” she continues, “because it is all created in my
imagination. I write stories and poems and illuminate them.” Many
pieces of her work are illustrations of her writing. “Sometimes,”
she notes even “stories I haven't written yet.”
Andrews
has been the printmaker for the Edward Gorey Museum in Yarmouth Port,
Cape Cod, MA for two years. Edward Gorey left hundreds of etching
plates and collographs with complete editions and unfinished editions
yet to print. Because she is also a technical printer she is able to
interpret Gorey's work and print the plates with his original vision
and intent.
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| Linden Moon etching |
As
an avid book reader, “the old fashioned paper kind,” she says,
she creates images on paper that look like they have been torn from
old books . . . a practice she hastens to note she would never
encourage.
Andrews
adds that “The etching of metal plates enables me to make multiple
prints that are all originals. The etched plate is truly a labor of
love and a medium that provides the texture and mysterious complement
to my poems, personal anecdotes and creative musing.”
Her
work is exhibited regularly at Gallery 54 as well as at numerous
other galleries around New York State.
Gallery
54 is an upscale venue for Central New York artists that showcases
and sells unique, inspired, and timeless art in a diversity of
mediums.
