In her printmaking work, Emilia Telese makes use of traditional printmaking processes as well as cutting edge techniques. Specialised in Florentine heritage Renaissance printmaking process, the artist uses this as a starting point to explore other more modern processes, such as electrolysis, sugar lift, acrylic resist and unusual base materials such as domestic and industrial waste metals and plastic. (Photo: Art Bicnick)
the artist uses inks she recreates from Italian Old Masters‘ recipes, making use of organic oils and pigments derived from materials such as volcanic minerals from Iceland or organic earths from Tuscany. She also uses traditional calcographic inks made in France and Italy. The results create a unique, textural feel to her prints.
In her printmaking work, Emilia Telese exclusively uses handmade paper by Magnani from Pescia (Tuscany) Italy. The Magnani paper mills date their origins back to the XV century, when the first settlers developed the mill along the banks of the Pescia river that was famous for its clear waters, an essential requirement for the production of paper. During the years the Magnani paper mills have walked step by step with the turmoil of the nation, always remaining active and at the beginning of the 19th Century, as an index of its growth, they owned more than 150 vats for refining pulp. During the years very important artist such as Picasso, De Chirico, Guttuso, Annigoni, Maccari, Bueno, Guarnieri, Morandi, writers like D’Annunzi0, Giusti and many others used to have their own paper produced as a sign of distinction.
Emilia Telese 