Wiley's Manograms

William T. Wiley with his latest three-dimensional creations at Magnolia:

Test print by Donald Farnsworth

The test prints that Donald Farnsworth creates to try out some new idea or experimental technique tend to be discarded as mere stepping stones toward a finished product, but they are often intriguing works of art in their own right. I particularly like this one...

Chuck Close proof

Photographing a fourteen-foot tapestry proof by Chuck Close outside Magnolia Editions today.

William Wiley

William Wiley at Magnolia last week, printing his Manogram, a jaunty little fellow whose name references Robert Rauschenberg's famous Monogram assemblage:



Robert Rauschenberg, Monogram, 1955-1959.

Ralph Goings

Ralph Goings at Magnolia in February, supervising the printing of his new edition Trio, a copperplate etching with UV-cured acrylic color:

Sam Bennett degreases the copper etching plate.

Tallulah Terryll lays down a sheet of mylar for registration.


Tallulah, Ralph, and Don Farnsworth watch the UV-cured acrylic being printed.

Sam inks the etching plate...



...and with Ralph's help, pulls a print...













Curating the edition.