We feel this simple post card is among our very best of pieces. It describes an art exhibit of monoprints shown side by side with the ghosts pulled from the monoprint plates. The show was heald on All Saints Day, in keeping with the title.

For those not familiar with printmaking terms, a ghost is what happens when you ink a plate, put it through the press, and then don't re-ink it before putting it through the press again. Monoprints are made by painting or inking a plate surface and running that through a press. There is little or no repeatable element on the plate to allow for a repeated image, because the image is defined by the hand painting. Therefore, there are no multiples, and no edition (greater than 1, which is why they are often numbered 1/1). Painterly monoprints can make fascinating ghosts that echo the original prints and often are more interesting than the original print. To see an example, click here.

This card is printed on an exquisite paper, Larroque Colombe. Sadly, the mill that made this paper burned down and was not rebuilt. It is an amazing thick, soft, puffy paper. We printed black ink over the paper for the main text, and the compression produced a slight sheen on the back - a ghost, if you will, of the text from the front. The remaining text was printed in silver ink.