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Hawaiian Petroglyphs black Art Print
by Stephen Jorgensen
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Hawaiian Petroglyphs black art print by Stephen Jorgensen. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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Petroglyphs are graphic drawings on lava rocks made by carving or scratching lines and dots into the rock surface. There are over 10,000 petrogyphs... more
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Petroglyphs are graphic "drawings" on lava rocks made by carving or scratching lines and dots into the rock surface. There are over 10,000 petrogyphs in Hawaii. We don't know for sure what a lot of these mean, but it is thought that many of the carvings are records of births and other significant events in the lives of the people who lived there long ago. Here I have depicted a family grouping, a man (a canoe paddler) and his wife with a child.
The original was a hand pulled lithographic print made off of an artist created polyester printing plate. This print was made using a stipple technique on the plate to create a form of shading even though the lithographic printing method only prints one solid color for each mark. The artist also created a slight haze around each dot by inking with a very oily ink so some of the color seeped into the open spaces around the dots. This is part of the creative hand printing process that a machine can't perform. It makes for a more subtle and...
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