Rondo

Back view of Rondo by Heather Page, a 74” by 38” relief print, rubbing, and drawing on paper of calligraphic marks looping over a dappled silver ground

Detail of the back of Rondo by Heather Page, a 74” by 38” relief print, rubbing, & drawing on paper of calligraphic marks looping over a dappled silver ground

Rondo is a part of my Reverb Series, a body of large-scale monoprints that draws inspiration from the forest of symbols and the intriguing concept of synesthesia found in Baudelaire’s poem, “Correspondences”.

I named Rondo after a musical form in which the main theme is repeated.

I see music in each layer of the print:

in the woodblock print, which came from a drawing I made at a concert
in the loops of the calligraphic rubbing
and in the syncopation of the gold dots on top.

That music is reflected in the dance Rondo performs when I suspend it in a space.

Its lightweight paper rustles, crackles, and sways back and forth with the air currents of the space and movements of passersby.

Thus both the prints and viewers engage in a quiet call and response dance.

My hope is that taking a moment to play with art will spark a greater awareness in the participant’s surroundings—the sounds, the air currents, the smells, the colors, the light—which she or he will then carry beyond the exhibition space.

Media: Relief print, frottage, and drawing on Gampi Shi paper

Size: 74” h x 38” w

Edition: 1/1

Series: Reverb

Installation Views

Reverb III by Heather Page, an art installation of large-scale prints suspended from the ceiling of calligraphy, glyphs, and patterns found in nature

Reverb II by Heather Page, an art installation of large-scale prints suspended from the ceiling of calligraphy, glyphs, and patterns found in nature

Process

Rondo is a unique relief print in one color from one hand-carved birch plywood block, rubbing from nine laser-engraved pine plywood blocks, and drawing on Gampi Shi paper.

To learn more about relief printing, please visit my About Prints page.