Behind The Scenes: Retna’s Etchings for “Excavated Revelations”

This article was posted by Jesse Sosa 1 year, 3 months, 6 days, 7 hours, 8 minutes ago.

Recently Retna visited a small print studio in Colorado called Copper Plate Press to work on a handful of several extremely limited editions of prints for the exhibition Excavated Revelations at Known Gallery. These etchings were produced utilizing an improved non-toxic approach to one of the oldest westernized print making techniques in history called galvanic etching. This is the first series of etchings that Retna has ever released, a completely new and unique take on his signature style.

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