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| In the Art Gallery | ||
| Stephen Koelsch
The Reiki Center proudly presents our current featured artist. Steve Koelsch currently lives in Ohio and is a retired pharmaceutical executive. His clay monoprints are created using a technique created by nationally known artist, Mitch Lyons. Steve has had success with several juried shows and his work is available at several local galleries in Cleveland as well as at The Reiki Center. You can also view his work on line at yessy.com and search by his name or ‘clay monoprints’. Steve is also the author of two books of poetry: Dancing Bare and The Cold Wick, published by Trafford Publishing (excerpts are available on line at Trafford). His books are available at any book store including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Borders. He has been fortunate enough to have numerous individual poems in regional as well as national magazines and anthologies. |
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Artist's statement: “I am seeking outlets to express my awareness of the experience of life and my search for meaning and value within it. I have found it to be true that life is a journey where we meet ourselves along the way. Every moment of life is filled with risk, but I am slowly learning to smile and greet the next moment with my arms wide open.” Clay monoprint process: Clay
monoprints are unique and colorful one-of-a-kind prints. A flat
clay slab is inlayed with clay slip (a semi liquid clay) using
various techniques. The color pallet is created by adding various
industrial colorants t-white china clay slip. The printing process
is achieved by controlling moisture and pressure. The image is
printed onto a material called Remay. Which is a man made synthetic
material with unique properties which allow colors to bind to
it. This creates a color fast, virtually water proof print that
will maintain its vibrancy for a life time. The
prints are mono prints because no two can ever be the same due
to the 3-dimensional binding of material to the Remay. After
drying, an oil based fixative is applied to seal the print. |
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