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Printmaking at RISD

Photogravure / Renaissance Press

At RISD, Adam focused on intaglio and photogravure. Under Paul Taylor’s tutelage at Renaissance Press, he worked on images by a range of artists, painstakingly curating the prints to perfection. These included the works by David Armstrong and Kenro Izu shown here.

His work at the Press included large-scale photogravure plates, intaglio printing and photography.

His senior-year work included setting up photogravure at RISD to demonstrate that the process could be carried out in the college’s print studios.

David Armstrong

David Armstrong’s soft-focus photograph of an iron park gate, with glowing street lamps and buildings beyond it in Berlin.
David Armstrong
David Armstrong’s soft-focus photograph of the corner of a building in Potsdam, with large shrubs across the foreground.
David Armstrong
David Armstrong’s soft-focus photograph of a bridge and trees at Charlottenburg.
David Armstrong
David Armstrong’s soft-focus photograph of a sculpted fountain figure at Schönbrunn, with the basin and balustrade behind it.
David Armstrong

Kenro Izu

Kenro Izu’s photograph of thick tree roots flowing over a carved temple wall and its open doorway.
Kenro Izu
Kenro Izu’s photograph of a large tree whose roots extend over the roof and doorways of an Angkor temple.
Kenro Izu

Renaissance Press

Founded by master printer Paul Taylor in 1986, Renaissance Press is a collaborative print studio in Ashuelot, New Hampshire. The studio works with artists on photogravure and other photographic printing processes, alongside teaching and workshops.

About Renaissance Press

Adam Fuss and Paul Taylor

Adam Fuss collaborated with Paul Taylor at Renaissance Press on a dress photogravure. a. thabo assisted in the facilitation and execution of this collaboration.

Adam Fuss’s My Ghost (2003), shown here as related work, is a photogravure edition credited to Lothar Osterburg Studio.

Work at Adam Fuss Studio, 2002–2003

Adam Fuss’s photogravure of an embroidered child’s dress against a deep black field.
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