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Joyce Tilley Nagel
Joyce T. Nagel Collagraph "Grid Melt" Deep Rich Colors Signed Dated

1981

$500
£383.98
€440.03
CA$703.88
A$788.50
CHF 410.88
MX$9,618.04
NOK 5,221.33
SEK 4,923.34
DKK 3,284.30

About the Item

"Grid Melt" is one of the monoprints that Joyce Nagel so enjoyed creating. Being a monoprint makes this piece totally unique and unlike any of the other pieces created by Nagel. It is very rich with deep colors of red, blue and purple. There are several visual layers appearing to be marks, screens and background light. It is an accomplished piece of depth and intellectual complexity The name given to this print process is “Collagraph” It is made by glueing different materials to cardboard and creating a kind of collage. During the inking process the ink will rub off surfaces that are smooth or higher and stay on surfaces that hold more ink, at edge and at lower points thus creating the image. To protect the plate through the printing process it’s sealed with one or more layers of shellac. A collagraph plate is quite sensitive and will be deformed by the pressure of the printing press. Joyce Tilley Nagel received a BS in Advertising Design from Rochester Institute of Technology and an MA in Printmaking from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. She has worked as a freelance graphic designer and has been recognized nationally for her fine art pastels. Joyce is, also, known as an enthusiastic and knowledgeable teacher with a sensitive approach to drawing, printmaking, oil and pastel painting. In the late 60’s Joyce was an instructor at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association. In the 70’s and 80’s she taught adults drawing, design, printmaking and pastel painting. In the late 80’s and 90’s, Joyce, along with her husband, Don Nagel, led travel groups, as artist/demonstrators, through Europe to Paris, Northern France, Giverny and Provence. She is a past president of Birmingham Society of Women Painters and was on the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association Board, where she organized many exhibitions (Prints & Plates), and did graphics and production for their monthly publications, exhibitions and events. During these years, Joyce worked as a freelance graphic designer. She worked through Cranbrook Press on Christ Church Cranbrook monthly communications. According to Joyce, “In the 70’s, monoprints became popular and more fun to create than doing repetitive editions. Wiping the plate was an individual procedure that I enjoyed for both abstracts and real images. Thus, each print is unique.” Her collection of monoprints provides a classic snapshot of mid-century art and design. Today, she and husband Don, also an artist, are semi-retired, living and still painting on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina.
  • Creator:
    Joyce Tilley Nagel (American)
  • Creation Year:
    1981
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 19.88 in (50.5 cm)Width: 25.75 in (65.41 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Detroit, MI
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1286112873802

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