Daisy Sigh

Title: Daisy Sigh
LC Subject: Prints Print makers Intaglio printing Intaglios Chine collé Arts--Japanese influences printmaking chine collé Japanese paper (handmade paper)
Creator: Hiratsuka, Yuji
Description: A print of an asian woman with a daisy in her hair and her hands in front of her red lips. Behind her is a yellow, red, green, and black pattern next to some trees against a brown, yellow and orange background. Yuji Hiratsuka; Daisy Sigh; 1994; OHSU; color intaglio chine colle; 24x18 inches Yuji Hiratsuka was born in Osaka, Japan. In 1985 he moved to the United States. He started teaching printmaking at Oregon State University in 1992. His graphic work has been exhibited in the United States, Europe and Asia and has received numerous awards in national and international competitions. Some of his works are exhibited in The British Museum, Tokyo Central Museum, Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the New York Public Library. The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture
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Location: Oregon Health and Science University >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland Oregon
Date: 1975/2012
Identifier: 1995_portland_ohsu_a-h_27_a01
Accession Number: 1995_portland_ohsu_a-h_27_a01
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Hiratsuka, Yuji
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Measurements: 24 x 18 inches
Material: Printmaking color intaglio print on Kurotant rice paper, chine colle on rag paper
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: 1995 Oregon Health Sciences University. Artists A-H, Portland Oregon 1995_portland_ohsu_a-h
Has Version: slide; color
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Note: Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) was formed in 1974 as the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center. It was renamed Oregon Health Sciences University in 1981 and took its current name in 2001, as part of a merger with the Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology in Beaverton.<br><br>For a map of OHSU's Marquam Campus, see http://www.ohsu.edu/about/campusmap.pdf
Color Space: RGB
Biographical Information: My personal technique using chine colle with traditional and innovative etching methods is the following: To start out with, I give the first tones to the copper plate by using etching drypoint, acquatint, softground or roulette, pulling my first color. With these first impressions, I usually work back into the plate with the scraper, burnisher and emery paper to enhance the lights and accent the motif. I then go on to the second color. I usually print on the paper which best suits my work; this is a thin Japanese rice paper known as Kurotani. With continuous alterations to the plate, I print a sequence of black, yellow, red and blue passing the same plate through the press four times for each design and color change. Finally, I apply delicate hand tints to the back of the Kurotani by passing it through the press, with a heavier rag paper beneath (BFK Rives or Somerset, etc.). I set my print into the depression that the plate creates as both papers pass through the press. What the viewer sees then, is my four color Kurotani print, individually hand tinted, each print an artist's proof, deep set into rag paper. In addition to the above technique, I sometimes work with mylar sheets, blocking out the areas to be left unprinted. The mylar sheets can save extra time for scraping and burnishing on the plate. (Hiratsuka, 1995)