Mis Tortillas Para Valentina (My Tortillas for Valentina) / Ioulia Akhmadeeva

Identifier:FA.SA7.1848

Dimensions:6.3 in. in diameter; 16 cm. in diameter

Creation dates:2015

Subjects: Paper, Handmade., embroidery, engravings, etchings, families, portraits, screen printing

Description:Second edition. 5 pages engraved on handmade paper shaped like tortillas. Housed in a box with silk screened images of handmade tortillas from Atecuaro, Michoacan, Mexico with an embroidered serviette. The box measures 19 cm in diameter by 3.5 cm. Edition 4 of 5. Signed and numbered by the artist. Made with etching on copper, drypoint engraving on acrylic, photopolymer engraving printed on handmade paper by the author with fiber pulp from jonote trees used to make handmade paper in Mexico called "amate" or "amtl". The diameter of each page is 16 cm. The box with silkscreen text was produced by ALTERnative Grafica and depicts handmade tortillas from the community in Atecuaro, Michoacan, Mexico. Text and colophon are silkscreen on amate paper in Spanish, English, and Russian. "Ioulia Akhmadeeva: 'The book is dedicated to my mother [who was Russian] Valentina, who died in Mexico in 2001. It presents the five stages of her life. 5 "tortilla" pages with family portraits and engravings by various techniques printed on handmade paper of jonote fiber. The box is wrapped in traditional embroidered folder. Tortillas is the more traditional Mexican food.'" -- vampandtramp.com