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Meta-morphosis VIII (Primo)
Etching, Drypoint & Hand-colouring
76 x 56 cm.
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Meta-morphosis VIII (Secondo)
Etching 76 x 56 cm.
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Meta-morphosis VIII (Terzo)
Etching 76 x 56 cm.
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Meta-morphosis VIII (Passages)
Etching & Drypoint 76 x 56 cm.
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Meta-morphosis VII (Primo)
Etching & Drypoint 76 x 56 cm.
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Meta-morphosis VII (Secondo)
Etching 76 x 56 cm.
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Meta-morphosis VII (Terzo)
Etching 76 x 56 cm.
Meta-morphosis VII (Passages)
Etching & Drypoint 76 x 56 cm.
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Meta-morphosis VI (Primo)
Etching & Drypoint 76 x 56 cm.
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Meta-morphosis VI (Secondo)
Etching 76 x 56 cm.
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Meta-morphosis VI (Terzo)
Etching 76 x 56 cm.
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Meta-morphosis VI (Passages)
Etching & Drypoint 76 x 56 cm.
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Meta-morphosis V (primo)
Etching 76 x 56 cm.
Meta-morphosis V (secondo)
Etching 76 x 56 cm.
Meta-morphosis V (terzo)
Etching 76 x 56 cm.
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Meta-morphosis V (Passages)
Etching 76 x 56 cm.
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Meta-morphosis IV (Primo)
Etching & Drypoint 76 x 56 cm.
Meta-morphosis IV (Secondo)
Etching 76 x 56 cm.
Meta-morphosis IV (Terzo)
Etching 76 x 56 cm.
Meta-morphosis IV (Passages)
Etching & Drypoint 76 x 56 cm.
by Marja-Leena The Meta-morphosis series (1994 – 1998) was made using the etching process as one that can imitate weathering and aging processes. The prefix “meta”, a chemistry term, refers to the use of acids and salts, or the organic derivative of an acid; “morphosis” is a change, transformation or degeneration. Printmaking allows for stages in the series to become visible, as each plate was printed at certain stages in its degeneration.
Both Meta-morphosis I and II reveal on the one print the several stages of the image as it metamorphoses. In Meta-morphosis III to XII, each stage stands alone. These stages are subtitled the primo, or first state, which was followed by a progression of deep etches, printed to produce the secondo (second) state, and deeply etched again to form the terzo (third) state. A fourth set of variations is subtitled Passages, in which each of the three states of a plate were printed as layers over each other on the same sheet of paper.
The Meta-morphosis prints reveal a multiple life in which every stage in their degeneration is important. They are images of forms becoming aged to disintegration, the origins of the images becoming uncertain, their disparate forms merging but not absorbed. As prints they exist as stills from a moving process. As a series they draw attention to the continual morphing and weathering of form.
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Meta-morphosis III (Primo)
Etching 75 x 56 cm.
Meta-morphosis III (Secondo)
Etching 75 x 56 cm.
Meta-morphosis III (Terzo)
Etching 75 x 56 cm.
Meta-morphosis III (Passages)
Etching 75 x 56 cm.
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Mirror Image I
Etching
34 x 25 cm.
Mirror Image II
Etching
34 x 25 cm.
These are variations on Meta-morphosis I & Meta-morphosis II.
by Marja-Leena A recently completed piece:
Nexus: Red Venus de Willendorf
Etching and inkjet on paper & film
51.8 x 40.5 cm.
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Meta-morphosis II
Etching & Embossing
120cm x80cm
This edition was printed at the same time as Meta-morphosis I , using the same copperplate repeatedly etched and reprinted.