Putting the Petal to the Metal

If I had to choose my favorite of printmaker Beth Weintraub's pieces, I'd have to select one of her etched metal plates.  Simple, stunning and naturally modern.

"Inspired by mass produced modular furniture of the 50's and 60's, Weintraub wanted to create a series of mix and match artworks, where the client becomes the designer. This eventually resulted in the creation of modular wall tiles, finished and ready to hang, no framing is needed. Weintraub takes a rigid, historical printmaking process into today's modern world. Rejecting the idea that printing is only for repetitious editions of identical paper images, Weintraub takes extra time to print editions that are varied in color, no two alike. The metal plates are all original, hand painted etchings. Photography and digital devices are not used."