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Heimdall Sounding His Horn at the End of the Rainbow Bridge
Fine-line engraving on ivory paper, with three or four translucent colour discs and the rainbow bridge spanning the frame.
✍️ Lines running through the colour discs is the heart of multi-plate printing: line work and colour blocks go their own ways, which gives that slightly misregistered print feel. Writing them as separate discs looks far more like real overprinting than asking for a gradient background. The figure takes up only a small patch at the right, and the arch carries the eye over to him.
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16:9 wide frame, a dignified and respectful depiction in period dress, armour or fur. The idea is a complete picture rather than a badge: a fine, tapering engraved-line drawing, overlaid with two or three separate translucent colour discs through which the lines carry on, slightly worn, on open paper.
Who: Heimdall, guardian of the Norse gods, planted at the end of Bifrost, the rainbow bridge, with a big curved horn at his lips. Tall and vigilant, long cloak, helmet, sword hanging at the hip. The bridge's arch crosses the full width behind him; below, clouds; far away, a cluster of mountains.
How it is coloured and laid out: broad overlapping translucent discs in rose, gold, green and blue sit behind the bridge and echo its arc. Engraved lines for figure, planks and clouds keep going through the discs, and wide ivory paper margins surround everything. Heimdall is small yet upright on the right, with the arch pulling the eye across the picture. Palette: rose, gold, green, blue and dark engraved line against ivory. Crisp, monumental, refined. No readable text, rune inscriptions, letters or logos anywhere.
