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Women of the Bible by Alison Armstrong
"Women of the Bible" Series

The following framed silver transfer pieces are offered for sale online. Given that they are unique, please contact the gallery prior to ordering - it is possible that the one you want is no longer available and has not yet been marked as sold.

"Boy Genius"	"Confidence" SOLD	"Edgar's Playground"

"Emerging Artist"	"Just Lucky, I Guess"	"Life Is But An Empty Bubble"

"Postcard From Heaven" SOLD	"Reverie"	"Sea Goddess"

"Silver Screen"

Artist Statement

I do not exist without my history. My forebears, those who lived a century ago and those who live still, have given me more than DNA. They give me companionship. They surround me, watch over me. They tell me their stories. They visit me in dreams, from which I awaken feeling simultaneously dissatisfied with, and grateful for, modern life. They call to me from my grandmother's crumbling albums and dusty trunks.

Discarded paper people cry out from forgotten boxes buried in junk shops, craving adoption. I am compelled to rescue them and discover their secrets. I bring them to life at will, respectfully but chiefly for my own enjoyment, like girlhood paper dolls.

I begin by scanning old family images and other photographs, paintings, old paper, letters, and objects on a flatbed scanner; I then combine and manipulate the images with computer software. The final image is printed with archival pigment inks onto watercolor paper.

Silver Transfer Printing

"After photographing or scanning elements and collaging the images in a computer, I prepare a sheet metal tile by distressing the metal and carefully applying silver leaf. Then I coat a carrier sheet with several layers of a special transparent liquid substrate, on which the image is printed. The resulting printed image is then transferred to the metal and surrounding frame using a unique multi-step process." Each piece is approximately 13" x 13".