By: Veta Gorner

Medium: etching
Year: 2016
Image Size: 5 x 4.75 inches

Ornitholgy N36 is one of 36 original zinc plate etchings originally created as the narrative of an artist book Ornithology. The prints were conceived as the artist’s visual diary in an attempt to make sense and reconcile an inner life with the ever-changing world. Individual images were executed over several years like a spiritual record of one’s journey. The work took almost four years to complete. The title of the book alludes to a scientific tome with exceedingly clear and concise structure that adds to the notion of the work taken seriously. As well as being a study and an intimate diary, the prints that comprise the book are also a meditation. Each print was hand printed by the artist on heavy weight Somerset cotton paper. Some were included as individual folds and painstakingly hand-sewn by the bookbinder one by one. A small number of each print were created as stand-alone prints.