ray dennis

Ray Dennis is an Artist and Printmaker, a mezzotint genius! 

We are exhibiting at BIP Art in Kemp Town Brighton for the Festival.

You can find Ray Dennis' hand painted paper cups at BIP along with original prints. These cups are brilliant.

MEZZOTINT

I took a course in Mezzotint led by Ray Dennis at Brighton Independent Printmakers. It's the reverse of etching...you burnish the light back from the dark on the rocked copper plate. 

Here is a brief description: Mezzotint achieves tonality by roughening the plate with thousands of little dots made by a metal tool with small teeth, called a "rocker." In printing, the tiny pits in the plate hold the ink when the face of the plate is wiped clean.

 I made this print on the course.

 the little picture of the kid with the bear hood is by Ray Dennis. His work is amazing...there is such a lot of detail and delicacy. I bought this from him ...and i love it. Below is a picture of a 'rocker' for creating the surface on the copper plate.