Gaze Into Your Eyes P09118-P03896 I inlay ink to highlight

I inlay ink to highlight the designs

whistling together

or other surface in need of a spot of color

The piece is made in stages: first creating various sheet designs and firing them

Gaze Into Your Eyes P09118-P03896 I inlay ink to highlightCapturing the delicate detailing and stunning beauty of a hummingbird, this mixed media piece features an original photograph printed with archival pigment inks on cotton printmaking paper. Ishii highlights the image with colored pencils to create a painterly effect and affixes the print to a cradled wood panel with PVA. She coats the piece with wax to give the image a translucent quality, and the sides of the board are painted black and finished with