Technically, it’s misleading to call reproductions ‘prints’, but that’s how most people refer to them. In actuality, what I offer (aside from originals) are giclée’s. And a giclée is a reproduction made using a commercial inkjet printer with archival inks and paper.
A true print is made from a carving, either into wood or some other firm material. Ink is applied to the material, and a paper pressed onto it. The paper is then pulled off of it, with the ink transfer onto the paper making the print.
How to get one of my Giclée ‘Prints’
All of my artwork is available in sizes ranging from 5 x 7″ to 24 x 36″. Not all of them are listed in my shop yet, but if it’s not, I’m happy to help out if you’ll email me. They’re usually not listed in sizes larger than whatever the original painting was, either. But some of them do have high enough resolution files to allow me to make them larger. That’s a case by case decision. So you’ll have to email me to ask about that, too.
I also can make 24 x 36″ posters. The paper for a poster is a thinner, coated paper. Those aren’t listed in my shop at all yet, but I plan to post it soon. In the meantime, just email me.
The Difference Between a Poster and a Giclée (Print)
While the inks are archival on both, the paper for a giclée is also archival. The paper for posters are not. Colors will fade faster on a poster. How long they’ll last depends upon the environment they’re placed in – sunlight falling on it will cause it to fade faster. This is true also for the giclée’s too, though.
With the giclée’s, if kept out of direct sunlight, the colors should last more than 100 years. I have no idea how long a poster would last. In the end, it’s the just the paper that makes the difference.
A Little About My Paint-making Process
Since my paints are handmade and (mostly) locally foraged, I have to make sure I have the colors I need before I begin a project. If it’s a plant pigment, then I’ll need to harvest the plant and process it to make the pigment. The only plant sources I use at this time are thyme, and the root bark of Osage trees. The rest comes from foraged rocks, soot, bone, or purchased lapis and titanium dioxide powder.
Here’s a blog post I made earlier about making oil paints:
So, if it’s a rock, then I’ll break it to smaller pieces, then crush it as finely as I can. The crushed rock is the raw pigment. After that I put the powder into a jar and fill the jar with water. Depending on the source rock, I’ll either pour off the colored water into another jar to let it settle, or pour the rinse water out and keep the sediment for the paint. After the water clarifies and the pigment has settled, then I pour off the clear water and let the sediment dry. That is what I’ll make the paint from.
When it comes to plants, there’s more chemistry involved. I’ll make what is called a ‘lake’ pigment. Here’s a post that gives more information on that process.
I hope you love this earthy palette of color as much as I do! Thanks for reading ~ Madison
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Author/Artist Info
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I make Paleo Paints from the lightfast pigments foraged from Madison county, Arkansas, creating under the pseudonym Madison Woods. Most of the colors I use comes from rocks gathered from our own creeks here at Wild Ozark. I outsource titanium for white, lapis for blue, and grow garden thyme for yellow.
My inspiration is nature – the beauty, and the inherent cycle of life and death, destruction and regeneration. My work is a partnership with the land. Immersing in her color, absorbing inspiration, taking communion. A painting begins with a foray to collect rocks, soot and bone. Each pigment, alone a portrayal of beauty, combined in a painting, becomes a whole reflection of the very soul of the Ozarks.
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