Two’s Company (a)

Two’s Company (a)

14 x 18", 38 x 46.5cm

Sugar lift-ground etching and aquatint from two copper plates, with carborundum from one plastic plate. Printed in burnt Sienna vermillion and cobalt blue and zinc white (mixed), with hand colouring in cadmium yellow and cyan acrylic. On 100% cotton paper from Two Rivers paper mill, Watchet, Somerset (270 gsm), hand made by Jim Patterson.

Notes: All four ‘Two’s Company’ prints are printed from the same set of plates. See, Two’s Company (b) PR118bTwo’s Company (c) PR118cTwo’s Company (d) PR118d. Proofed by Jack Shirreff. Printed by Jack Shirreff, assisted by Andrew Smith and Claire Wait at the 107 Workshop, Wiltshire. Hand coloured by Jack Shirreff. Published by the Elton John Aids Foundation, London, and Alan Cristea Gallery, London, 2003.