{"product_id":"luis-colan-monotypes","title":"LUIS COLAN - Monotypes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBook by Luis Colan titled “Monotypes” – 200 pages – 21x26.5 cm – Matte hardcover\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLimited edition of 350 copies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook available for pre-order – shipping begins in late July\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE NECESSITY OF CHANGE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChange has never come easily to me. As a creature of habit, I often approach new beginnings with hesitation—doubt and nerves accompanying each new project. Yet change is essential to growth. Eventually, you have to try something new to move forward, and for me, that shift came through monotype printing.\u003cbr\u003eI first encountered monotype as a student at the Hartford Art School. Its immediacy appealed to me instantly. Of all printmaking techniques, it felt closest to painting—spontaneous, gestural, and direct. Although the experience stayed with me, it remained dormant for years. It wasn’t until a February evening in 2014, at my first Monotype Party at the Salmagundi Club, that the process truly took hold.\u003cbr\u003eWorking on a small zinc plate coated in black ink, I was introduced to the subtractive method—revealing light by removing ink rather than adding it. As I carved a moonlit landscape from the darkness, coaxing clouds and moonlight into being, the process felt revelatory. When the plate passed through the press and the image emerged, I knew I had found something lasting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLuis Colan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ISSI ÉDITIONS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53526604153169,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0547\/0502\/9307\/files\/luis-colan-1_1-monotypes-4167x2779px-01.png?v=1776172450","url":"https:\/\/www.issieditions.fr\/en\/products\/luis-colan-monotypes","provider":"ISSI ÉDITIONS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}