For the past eight years I’ve been toying with the notion of an illustrated edition of the libretto by C. F. Ramuz of Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale. Here are some monoprints that I made in 2003 as studies for the project.
The Princess Dances
The Princess and the Soldier
The Soldier
The images were drawn in oil-based printing-ink applied with a roller to a glass plate. As the name monoprint suggests, just the one print is possible by this technique, but I love the tonal qualities that result, with the marks of brushes, fingers and the sgraffito needle evident in the finished work
