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IndiaAmos commented on the word chine collé
My mother, an artist who’s been making prints since the 1960s, often verbs chine collé in speech—e.g., “and then we chine colléd the rice paper to the Arches paper”—but I’ve never seen it used that way in print.
January 9, 2010
yarb commented on the word chine collé
What does it mean?
January 9, 2010
IndiaAmos commented on the word chine collé
—The Complete Printmaker: Techniques, Traditions, Innovations by John Ross, Clare Romano, Tim Ross (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990)January 9, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word chine collé
Oh. I thought it was French for 'china collie': a little ornament you put on your mantlepiece.
January 9, 2010
yarb commented on the word chine collé
Wow! I'm trying to imagine what this looks like.
January 9, 2010