Intaglio image I

Intaglio image I (2019) is a copper-plate print produced during the year of Jung's MFA completion at Musashino Art University, and exemplifies the technical orientation that defines her studio practice. Worked in oil-based ink on Japanese paper, the print sits at the intersection of two traditions: the European intaglio lineage of incised copper plates run through a roller press, and the absorbent washi support more commonly associated with relief and woodblock printing. The combination produces softer plate edges than coated Western papers yield, with the oil ink settling into the long kozo fibres of the sheet rather than sitting on its surface. As the first numbered piece in a sequence, the title signals an investigative rather than narrative function — a foundational image within a working group exploring tonal range, plate wear, and the behaviour of oil ink on washi. It belongs to the body of large-format intaglio work that has remained the anchor of her practice since graduation, with imagery drawn from literature and personal narrative.