Living Word I /Global City Babel Series
monotype with chine colle
16 x 23 inches
This monotype has a Tower of Babel attached to the rag paper beneath it by a method called chine colle, which uses a natural glue and the pressure of the press to embed it onto the surface. The word El is the name for God, and when combined with Bel which is another name for the Hebrew pagan god, Baal, it forms the word BABEL (Baal -God).
A monotype print is unique / one of a kind print made by pressing paper against a painted or inked surface that cannot be exactly duplicated. I used an etching press to incorporate the Tower of Babel. The size of the print includes an inch around the monotype to include the title and rough edges, ( 3 inch matting)
