Bob Hainstock - New Landscapes #261

Bob Hainstock
b.1945

Title: New Landscapes #261
Date: 2008
Medium: Rust print and mixed media
Edition: 1/1
Image size in inches: 23.25 x 16

Condition: Good

Notes: Signed, editioned, titled, and dated at lower edge.

Hainstock’s unique “rust print” prints are created using sheets of iron and hydraulic bottle jacks. Hainstock first cuts the sheets into abstract shapes (representing the landscape) and sprays the sheets with a vinegar solution and oxidization accelerators. A wet sheet of paper is then laid flat over a piece of plywood and the cut iron sheets are laid over the paper, with another sheet of paper and plywood sandwiched atop—this process is repeated until there is a stack of 6-8 sandwiches. The stack is then pressed in the hydraulic jack between 4-5 days (summer) to 2-4 weeks (winter). The resulting process creates a set of mirrored prints impressed with the rust shapes left by the cut iron sheets. A variety of mixed media is used to develop the final image, including acrylic paint, pastel, ink, and pieces of other turn rust prints, finished off with 4-5 coats of mat or varnish.