BIG APPLE, BLUE SKIES – 3D

FRAMING INFORMATION:

IN WHITE FLOATING-FRAME: Custom made 4.5cm deep, 3cm wide white Italian wood frame, double matted with 10cm wide white and orange (for blue edge accent) acid-free archival mat boards. A spacer is used to create a depth between the glass and the art. The result is a look that keeps the art permanently “floated” in the center of the frame for archival longevity – READY TO HANG!

This 3D artwork is silkscreen printed (serigraph) multiple times on 100% rag 2-ply or 4-ply US-made 100% cotton-rag “Rising Museum Board” stock and top layers on an English made “Somerset 290gsm” thinner rag-paper. The entire hand-pulled process always only a few hundred, generally 20-50 colors (some colors are printed twice for optimum quality) with full hand color-separation while maintaining precise color trappings. An edition requires 4-6 months to complete, mostly by Kolibri Art Studio Inc. atelier in Los Angeles, USA, working closely with Charles Fazzino at various stages for color and detail approvals.

All of the individual pieces that make up the 3D layers of artwork are cut out by hand using an Exacto knife. They are carefully planned out, achievable only by the most skilled artisans trained for hours in FAZZINO’s methods techniques.

Special silicone glue is used for the layering in drop. A piece of art might only have two or three distinct layers of art, but the artwork may appear to have four, five, or more layers because of the variation in each drop’s height. The pieces are also glued slightly off-center to emphasize the 3D effect. After the artwork is made 3D, it is hand-embellished using acrylic paint glitters and many-many sizable Swarovski crystals applied by hand under Charles Fazzino’s direction.