{"product_id":"near-four-bright-suns","title":"Near four bright suns—","description":"\u003cdiv data-content-type=\"html\" data-appearance=\"default\" data-element=\"main\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Libre Franklin', 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eTo etch the three copperplates for \u003cem style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003eNear four bright suns\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem;\"\u003e—\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem;\"\u003e, Warren used the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.warreneditions.com\/photogravure-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ephotogravure technique\u003c\/a\u003e. Her starting point was a black-and-white silver-gelatin photograph. The process began by scanning a 35-mm negative, inverting it, and producing a continuous-tone film positive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Libre Franklin', 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eShe then exposed this same positive three times onto light-sensitive gelatin “tissues”. Each exposure was different, so each tissue carried a distinct tonal density once transferred and etched onto copper: dark and dense; full range; and light and low-information.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_14142\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"margin: 1em 0px 1.5em; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; color: #666666; font-size: 0.8125rem; font-style: italic; max-width: 100%; font-family: 'Libre Franklin', 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff; width: 2522px;\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14142\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.warreneditions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8044-scaled.jpeg\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-14142 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.warreneditions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8044-scaled.jpeg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The etching of one of the copperplates in ferric chloride. The pigmented gelatin tissue is a bright orange-red.\" width=\"2522\" height=\"2560\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\r\n\u003cfigcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0.8075em 0px; font-style: normal !important;\"\u003eThe etching of one of the copperplates in ferric chloride. The pigmented gelatin tissue is a bright orange-red.\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\r\n\u003c\/figure\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Libre Franklin', 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eIf the three copperplates are printed separately in black ink, the impressions differ: one reads as the darkest, one as the lightest, and the third as a relatively accurate rendition of the positive image.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_14143\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"margin: 1em 0px 1.5em; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; color: #666666; font-size: 0.8125rem; font-style: italic; max-width: 100%; font-family: 'Libre Franklin', 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1440px;\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14143\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.warreneditions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7722-1-scaled.jpeg\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-14143 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.warreneditions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7722-1-scaled.jpeg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The tonal densities are clearly visible in the three black inked up copperplates.\" width=\"1440\" height=\"2560\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\r\n\u003cfigcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0.8075em 0px; font-style: normal !important;\"\u003eThe tonal densities are clearly visible in the three black inked up copperplates.\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\r\n\u003c\/figure\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Libre Franklin', 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eThe real transformation happens when the plates are printed together. By printing the three copperplates in sequence, she can layer the inks to produce a wide range of hues, turning the original black-and-white silver-gelatin photograph into a colour image.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_14140\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"margin: 1em 0px 1.5em; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; color: #666666; font-size: 0.8125rem; font-style: italic; max-width: 100%; font-family: 'Libre Franklin', 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff; width: 2560px;\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14140\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.warreneditions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7741-scaled.jpeg\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-14140 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.warreneditions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7741-scaled.jpeg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The cerulean and turquoise-blue inks were applied à la poupée.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\r\n\u003cfigcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0.8075em 0px; font-style: normal !important;\"\u003eThe cerulean and turquoise-blue inks were applied à la poupée.\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\r\n\u003c\/figure\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Libre Franklin', 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eFor this work Warren stayed loosely within the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=RYB_color_model\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eRYB\u003c\/a\u003e (red, yellow, blue) trichromatic colour model. For the red, yellow, and blue components, she expanded the traditional triad into four inks—lemon-yellow, ruby-red, cerulean, and turquoise-blue—from the Charbonnel etching ink range. Both cerulean and turquoise-blue were applied selectively, \u003cem style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003eà la poupée\u003c\/em\u003e, to the “blue” plate. As these vibrant colours blend in printing, they produce an image that moves away from literal depiction toward an imagined representation of a distant phenomenon.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Libre Franklin', 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.warreneditions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5225-scaled.jpeg\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14137\" src=\"https:\/\/www.warreneditions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5225-scaled.jpeg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_14141\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"margin: 1em 0px 1.5em; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; color: #666666; font-size: 0.8125rem; font-style: italic; max-width: 100%; font-family: 'Libre Franklin', 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1179px;\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14141\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.warreneditions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7853.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-14141 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.warreneditions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7853.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Three inked copperplates were printed wet-on-wet in sequence.\" width=\"1179\" height=\"1493\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\r\n\u003cfigcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0.8075em 0px; font-style: normal !important;\"\u003eThree inked copperplates were printed wet-on-wet in sequence.\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\r\n\u003c\/figure\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Libre Franklin', 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eBecause of the tonal density etched into each copperplate, she anticipated that the RYB model would translate effectively when printing from the three plates. RYB is a foundational colour system in art education, and 18th-century printers such as \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg-e.org\/lowengard\/C_Chap14.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eJacob Christoph Le Blon\u003c\/a\u003e laid much of the groundwork for trichromatic printing by using this system for mezzotints. His method provides an important historical precedent for my use of RYB in \u003cem style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003eNear four bright suns—\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Local Vendor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47842494447837,"sku":"zhane-warren_near-four-bright-suns","price":13800.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/7261\/1293\/files\/zw_near-four-bright-suns-crop_1_14fabce8-a5b5-47a2-bd6a-1f24dd25f9e1.jpg?v=1776984014","url":"https:\/\/latitudes.online\/products\/near-four-bright-suns","provider":"Latitudes Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}