Heather Warner
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| Wash Day 5/7 | | Collagraph | | 14 x 15.5 Inches | $ 555
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Heather Warner is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan, College of Fine Arts. She majored in printmaking, and minored in painting. Heather was raised on a family farm outside of Melfort, Saskatchewan. It was this upbringing that influenced her
choice of rural subject matter. Heather enjoys contrasting and comparing rural settings against urban surroundings.
In her study of printmaking, Heather was initially interested in etching because of the definition of line and the light and
dark contrasts. Later, Heather found the mechanics of etching and it’s variation of textures limiting. She then developed a process of building up textures on a plate with a wide variety of materials, including rice paper, smooth plastic, sand paper,
and hardened gel. This unique and rare process is called a collagraph.
Once the collage is completed, a layer of ink is applied over the entire plate. Cheesecloth is then used to wipe the plate of excess ink, insuring a consistent desired
contrast between light and dark areas. Areas of the collage dominated by smooth surfaced materials will wipe clean, printing in a white smooth image. Heavily textured areas of the collage, for example, sandpaper, hold more ink and result in a darker or
black image with a textured surface. Once the plate has been wiped, it is placed on the printing press, covered with wet rag paper and run through the press. Rag paper is an archival material made of interwoven cotton fibres, which resists aging and
yellowing from the ink. Once the image has been transferred from the plate to the paper, the paper is removed and pressed to dry. The plate is then removed and re-inked, and printed again until the edition is completed.
Heather is a productive
artist who prefers to print small editions of ten or less prints. This is her preference because each print in the edition is hand painted, making each a unique and special piece of art.
