Intaglio Art

This is a piece of intaglio artwork. The process was rather complicated. The artist carved out the picture then later applied a greasy like material on the parts that he did not want colored. He then added water and ink to the surface and the ink sunk into the areas that we of course not greased leaving the artwork to appear as it does on the left. This is a very large piece of art that when seem up close there is a tremendous amount of details. Much of hard work and thought went into this intaglio piece of art.
-Michelle Ketcham