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We Smile, We Laugh Fine Art Prints
We Smile, We Laugh Fine Art Prints
$48.00
The Design and Process
Gothic Italian style manuscript of “We smile because you are our son, we laugh because there is nothing you can do about it”. The designs are each drawn, inked with handmade iron gall ink, then gesso is laid down before gilding with 23+ karat gold and painted with egg tempera paint that is handmade with historic pigments, including vermillion, white lead, lapis/ultramarine, various earths and ochers, lampblack, lead/tin yellow, and malachite. All of this on animal skin parchment.
The Prints
Each print is 8x10 inches and is matted to fit in an 11x14 inch frame. Our prints are produced using Epson Claria inks.
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