COSMOGONIE INTIME Artist’s Process

Ray Rice’s hanging strip paintings of oil on wood inspired the collaboration of poet and artist. The strip paintings can range in length from 4′ to 16′.

RAY RICE STRIP PAINTINGS

Rice’s original drawings for COSMOGONIE INTIME An Intimate Cosmogony:

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RAY RICE DRAWINGS
RAY RICE DRAWINGS
RAY RICE DRAWINGS

The original drawings (below center) were then letterpress printed from photoengravings (below left), and stencilled with color using the pochoir method, resulting in the finished page (below right):

FROM DRAWING TO PRINT

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