DIPTYCH (Two zinc plates etched printed on one piece of paper. Each plate measures eight inches high by ten inches wide {20.3 cm x 25.4 cm} with a space of one-quarter inch on the horizontal mid-point; the overall print measures sixteen inches high by ten inches wide {40.6 cm x 25.4 cm}. The frame is approximately eighteen by twenty-four inches {45.7 cm x 61 cm}.)

This print exists in three editions of only eight etchings per edition; the first edition is dated 2012. The etching techniques employed include INTAGLIO, AQUATNT, and DRY POINT. A hard etching ground was used on zinc plates, and I employed seven acid baths to obtain the final result.

My media included oil-based black ink on white paper (Charbonnel brand/Rives BFK White both manufactured in France).

The image is adapted from an engraving by the late British artist J.C. Varrall and is PLATE 4 in John Rutter’s Book, Delineations of Fonthill Abbey (1823). This story is worth investigating, since the massive building was never finished due to its collapse upon itself. Visually, this is a study in the desperation of formal structure.

Price includes frame and archival matting; shipment and handling is extra. Available in three editions of only eight prints each (total of twenty-four prints in existence).