Prints, Cards, & Posters

REPRODUCTIONS:

Posters of many images on this web site can be created to order. The most common poster size is 8 1/2" x 11". When choosing an image, please note the size of the original. It is not recommended that artwork be reproduced larger than the original, as it can significantly detract from the quality of reproduction. Posters are $12 each plus $5 shipping per package, and must be prepaid by check or money order (sorry, no credit cards). Discounts may be available for multiple posters. Larger posters may be available of larger images, but quality and price may vary - please inquire. Please contact Durga directly to order posters.

Note: Special orders and inquiries about prints & posters are accepted by e-mail only. Please do not telephone. NO EXCEPTIONS.
Please allow 4 weeks for delivery. Orders are not guaranteed to arrive by Christmas.

Greeting cards of Durga's artwork can be obtained from Amber Lotus Publishing (click here to contact). Amber Lotus publishes a series of 12 separate images of Durga's work entitled the "Primal Echoes" series. These are beautifully printed, high quality greeting cards. A 2009 calendar of Durga's mother & child art, "The Mother's Eye", will be published by Amber Lotus in 2008!

ORIGINAL PRINTS:

Original prints are not the same thing as reproductions. Original prints on this web site include linoleum block prints and monoprints. All are created on an old-fashioned hand-operated cast iron press using a plate that has been carved or created by the artist, with hand-rolled or hand-applied inks. These are original works of art, not reproductions.

Many original prints are difficult to distinguish from paintings. They can be created as multiples, in numbered groups usually called editions. Durga creates only very small editions of her linoleum blocks (usually 12 or less), and signs most of them as "artist's proof" (A/P). Many of these prints are "hand-colored" (applying of color as enhancement where the paper shows through), or "hand-painted" (extensive painting on the work, using the printed image only as a starting point).

A linoleum block print is carved and printed from a sheet of special linoleum, using wood carving chisels or linoleum carving tools. Ink is applied with a roller and the plate is passed through a crank-operated cast iron press. A variety of effects can be achieved by rolling the ink in different ways and changing the pressure of the press.

A reductive print involves successive stages of carving which permanently alter or "reduce" the plate after each color is printed, so that no more prints can be made once the plate is done being carved, usually resulting in fewer - and more valuable - originals.

Monoprint, as its name suggests, is printed only once from an uncarved or impermanent plate. It is a "printed painting".