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― [Israelmore Ayivor](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7023141.Israelmore_Ayivor)</center>

Digging around in my stacks, I again noticed this etching from long ago, created while a student at the [University of Lethbridge Art Department](https://www.uleth.ca/fine-arts/study/art) (1977 to 1982). I initially applied to just audit a course in printmaking, but stayed for the whole program, eventually graduating after 5 years, which included also working for them and even teaching summer courses and running the art gallery for a year as a sabbatical replacement (I had been the gallery assistant the year before). These few years were the only time I created etchings, mainly because of access to the print studio and presses (and I also worked as a studio assistant then), something I later never had access, though currently, at the [Kunstquartier Wien](http://kunstquartier.wien/das-haus.html) we have a printmaker in the house, [Tom Phelan](http://www.tomphelan.eu/) whom I had talked to about collaborating.  


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[Etching](https://blog.artweb.com/how-to/prepare-an-etching-plate/), [Aquatint](https://blog.artweb.com/how-to/aquatint/) and [Sugarlift](https://blog.artweb.com/how-to/introduction-to-the-sugar-lift-etching-process/). The one thing I explored later on, [Mezzotint](https://lostartstudent.com/methods-and-materials/materials-printmaking/printmaking-etching-mezzotint/0-printmaking-mezzotint-etching.html), is not used in this print, which is sort of a show-off what I had learned so far. While I made trial proofs, I never editioned that plate: I have no idea where it went, but I might have a copy of a proof left (would need to check in my studio - since I scanned this 2014 when I was in Vienna already). Do follow the links above, they are very informative of the diverse processes of [Intaglio Printing](https://www.artistsnetwork.com/art-mediums/drawing/intaglio-explained/). Another resource I recommend is found here: [How to do Printmaking - Methods and Materials](https://lostartstudent.com/methods-and-materials/materials-printmaking/0-how-to-do-printmaking.html). I had not done much [Engraving](https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/curatorial-departments/drawings-and-prints/materials-and-techniques/printmaking/engraving), but had worked with [Drypoint](https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/drpt/hd_drpt.htm) quite a lot. <br>Now I could have made a big show by quoting all these resources here, but think it should suffice to provide the links of articles carefully vetted for this blog.<br><br><center><b>On the subject of David</b></center><br>It is quite obvious where the inspiration for this print comes from, and in those days I had done a few pieces aside from printing also drawing and painting. One work that was never completed - it was badly damaged before I could finish it. Subsequently I gave it to some artist friends of mine in Canada to "cut up for parts" and use for a collage in a community project.<br><br><center><b>David Multiplicity</b><br>![david_multiplicity_by_artofthemystic-dt0ebo.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/thermoplastic/EqBegPcP3DHsuu4Qw8FPj3wcyqqmZm2undtyVQ18ZXqtbmUXfiAgx16fu8T1ouEbJyr.jpg)<br><sup>acrylic on canvas, uncompleted - 1976, the year before attending University</sup></center><br>Lately I was thinking of re-doing this painting digitally, completing where I left off. But honestly, there are so many projcts on the backburner I don't know if I ever get around to it.
 
Below a drawing and the earliest painting where I used David as a subject (only a black and white photo of it exists). 

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So there you have it - four of my "Davids" - but there were many more sketches also, none recorded. For the sake of disclosure, early on Steemit I posted a  [rant about censorship](https://peakd.com/art/@thermoplastic/david-david-david) where I used these images in the context of the post, having to do with a blog of mine about [Facebook Morality Apostles](https://artofthemystic.blogspot.com/2014/02/facebook-morality-apostels.html) from February 2014, something you might also enjoy reading, particularly since nothing has changed much on "Fecalbook" (as a artist friend of mine is fond of calling it).

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