Description

Hemi-Powered is a large-scale relief print depicting a Dodge 426 Hemi engine (“The Elephant”) with a Cragar blower. It has been impressed into Arches 88 Printmaking paper in a limited edition of 25, and comes signed and numbered by COOP. THE PRINT. Printed from an original COOP image. Arches 88 printmaking paper. Hand-printed relief in black ink. Embossed printer’s chop. Signed and numbered by COOP. THE EDITION. Released April 2013. Print size is 38 ½” × 30”. Edition of 25. 5 Printer’s proofs. 5 Artist’s proofs. 1 Bon à tirer. The cut & dried, razor-sharp linework and simple blunt impact of this image don’t lend themselves to much in the way of considered reflection, but when rolling out my fifth or sixth pad of ink of the day, I found myself gazing upon the giant steel plate, catching a whiff of mineral spirits, my hands stained in oily black… the studio filled with the satisfying clanks, hisses and smacks of the rubber brayer… and I thought: this fits. Just based on the materials alone, this is perfect. What better way to reproduce this exquisite drawing of this beast of an engine than with steel, rubber, oil, and a whole lot of elbow grease?. Following up on the success of both 1949 Mercury and Memento Mori we’re very pleased to present our newest large-scale collaboration with the inimitable COOP, “Hemi-Powered.”. It reproduces a Chrysler 426 Hemi (aka “The Elephant”) and COOP tells us that that’s a Cragar blower rigged up to it. The print is big!.