Series: Troublesome Stories
Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (image) 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2010
Edition: of 15

Series: Holes for Loneliness Games
Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches (image) 15 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2012
Edition: of 20

Recommended by Nikki (Fine Print Photographer & Content Publisher):
"The level of technical detail in this etching is intricate - from each character’s particular facial expression to the curtains, hanging plants, mirror, and archway tile designs. Takeda is so good at taking simple everyday things like drinking coffee at a coffee shop and turning them into interesting shadow box scenes. The viewer can’t help but look at each of the people in this crowded room and wonder what they are all thinking behind their wide eyes. The only character not looking at one another or at themselves in the mirror is the person directly in front of the viewer. Rather than participating in the gossip or chatter, this person is rolling their eyes and looking up at the ceiling, while they drink their coffee."

Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 20 1/4 inches (image) 14 x 25 1/2 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2015
Edition: of 15

Series: The Small Shady Rooms
Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 7 5/8 x 6 inches (image) 11 5/8 x 11 5/8 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2009
Edition: of 15

Medium: Etching, aquatint
Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 20 3/8 inches (image) 14 x 25 1/4 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1986
Date finished: 2015
Edition: of 15

Recommended by Sam (Owner & Director):
"Contemporary Japanese artist Azumi Takeda's etching Full, Full, Full is part of a wonderful series showing groups of people waiting, engrossed in various activities, or, as in this case, the artist focuses on the detritus left behind that references what they had been doing. There is order with the placement of the disparate objects, that speaks about each of the individuals that is no longer in the room. Takeda's use of the etching and aquatint process, is perfect for the detail required."

Medium: Aquatint
Dimensions: 15 3/4 x 22 inches
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Mexican, 1955 - 2013
Date finished: 2001
Edition: PT of 5

Recommended by Paige (Collections Manager):
"This piece is a perfect composition of circles, from the crouched woman to the swimming fish to the sun and moon. It shows the artist's mastery of texture and transparency, even through darkness. He was a key figure to the art community of Oaxaca and is one of my favorite Mexican artists. For me, his works are clearly influenced by Mexican folk culture, imagery, and textures but are also clearly his own."