I just returned from an art showing at a local art gallery where they had displayed the work of Picasso, Chagall, Miró, and others (above is the invitation). What was unique about these works were that they weren’t paintings, but prints. That is to say they were printed in a limited quantity using materials that the artists etched themselves—polished stone for lithographs, copper plates, linoleum, or other mediums. This means there is no original. The “original” is the plate itself, which is destroyed after the printing is done to insure that no more pieces are created from the master plate. Then the 50 or so copies are truly limited additions.

The gallery invited Professor David Driesbach to speak about the art of printmaking. He spent some time in Paris making prints where he learned the techniques thet were used in the works I saw tonight. Hipster/shaman Ray and I spoke to the professor about his own work. Ray was able to get his business card and we were offered a chance to bring some friends and to see his workshop and some original prints!