Velvets And Palms, Summer 2009

“When large format digital printing with archival inks became available around 2000, the question became how to use this process using velvet as a substrate.   Then the perfect image for velvet seemed to be flesh.  With a significant amount of experimentation the process became clear.  The intent was to make a series of edition prints, but the fuzz from the velvet broke the printer before multiples could be produced.  Hence most of these are unique prints.

Palm trees are a longtime favorite image.  This particular group of new mono-prints were done at a nonprofit educational program called HOLA, near downtown LA.  They were produced over a period of two weeks, with lots of enthusiasm from the students.”