Tomory Dodge, "Untitled (Blue Etching)"

Tomory Dodge

Untitled (Blue Etching)

1 color copper plate intaglio with spit-bite, line etching, aquatint, and sugarlift

Price range: $1,000 through $1,210

This one-color copper plate intaglio print combines line etching, aquatint, spit-bite, and sugar-lift techniques. These processes allow for both controlled line work and expressive, painterly marks, creating a dynamic range of texture and tone within a single ink color.

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Year
2024
Edition of
10
Dimensions
Plate size: 9 x 8 inches
Paper size: 14.75 x 13 inches
Authentication

Signed and numbered on the front by the artist. All Haystack editions come with a Certificate of Authenticity.

About the Artwork

This one-color copper plate intaglio print combines line etching, aquatint, spit-bite, and sugar-lift techniques. These processes allow for both controlled line work and expressive, painterly marks, creating a dynamic range of texture and tone within a single ink color. The result emphasizes contrast, movement, and the versatility of intaglio printmaking.

Untitled (Blue Etching) was printed in collaboration with the artist and PS Marlowe Studios, Asheville, NC, working closely with the artist to determine and implement the printing processes that would best achieve Dodge’s vision.

Curator's Note

Across these three intaglio processes, the Tomory Dodge explores the tension between control and improvisation. Line etching provides a structured foundation, while aquatint, spit-bite, and sugar-lift introduce instability, gesture, and tonal depth.

Rather than treating printmaking as a purely reproductive medium, the work positions the copper plate as an active site of resistance and transformation, aligning intaglio with painterly concerns of process, density, and movement.

About the Artist

Tomory Dodge (b. 1974, Denver, CO) is a painter known for his dynamic, abstract works that explore light, color, and gesture. He received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1998, where he also participated in the school’s European Honors Program in Rome in 1997, and went on to earn his MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in 2004. In 2022, Dodge completed an artist residency at the Corporation of Yaddo in Saratoga Springs, New York.

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