LoremGypsum
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- July 14
- United States
- Deviant for 11 years
- He / Him
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My Bio
i draw things. sometimes.
Favourite Visual Artist
el greco, durer, dore
Favourite Movies
stray dog
Favourite Books
small book of book curses, 1300 real and fanciful animals
Favourite Writers
neruda, mccarthy, melville
Tools of the Trade
ink, wine, scrap wood
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Hope your birthday is grand! 
Cool engravings! I was wondering if you could explain your process a little bit; do you prepare your wood any particular way? How many reapplications of wine does it take to get a decent stain? And do you use any type of finish, oil, resin? I look forward to seeing more of your work!
thanks! i don't prepare the wood at all, i just apply the wine directly. in one piece i cut away a trench for the wine, but that bled out pretty quickly. one or two applications will slightly darken the wood, but it takes many, many layers to get a distinctly red color. even then, it tends to fade to more of a pink or brown, depending on the wood. i'm beginning to experiment with oils to treat the wood, but haven't used it in a complete project yet--it works fine with the wine, but tends to mess up the ink, oddly.
I might be inclined not to share my wine with my work. You are very disciplined! 
I would guess that it's the light-fastness of the wine that's at issue with the fading. I wonder whether there are any UV protecting resins available?