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Snow is his world and his protection. He will live
white on white, with only his sleepy golden eyes to
show his presence.
This etching has been hand-finished by the artist,
using glazes of egg tempera, prisma, silver enamel and
lapis-lazuli.
Lapis-lazuli is a semi-precious blue stone which artists
have prized since the earliest know civilizations, for
both its beauty and its ritual value. Lapis ground to
a fine powder, is used to produce the lovely blue colour,
ultramarine. Lapis-lazuli is rarely used to-day, as
an inexpensive synthetic blue is available.
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