<Tab/> <Tab/>At a time where the American people are living in a state of limbo between fear and power, a piece of home is much welcomed. Those who lost loved ones in 9/11 or in the continuous war look for memories in the (smallest) things. Objects in a family room tend to keep memories, and the mere sight of them releases these memories. This idea is shown through a very elaborate chandelier photographed by Edward Bernstein in three separate prints, Constellation I, II, and III. <Tab/>Edward Bernstein uses light and shadow to portray the good and bad of the past. Just as a memory can be fuzzy and hard to grasp, the print is blurry and almost illusive. The pale lights suggest distance, and even someone (the viewer) being swallowed by an empty, lifeless room. Chandeliers of this size don't usually appear in homes, rather they are hanging from intricately designed ceilings of ballrooms and hotels. They give a sense of high class with a touch of elegance. Just looking at this print reminds most of proms, large occasions, awards, and even dark funerals. The light, which almost looks flickering, gives a sense of fading as if the memory is fading also. The chandelier has three tiers which are all connected by glass strands of hope. The shadow effectively gives the viewer a sense of past and presence, with the light representing the present, near future. The movie, Blow, showed the cocaine dealer's house in which he had a large chandelier. He valued his dining room in which the chandelier was placed, and throughout the movie you could see the good and bad, even what the future held. To him, this was the centerpiece of his family life in his household. <Tab/>The long curved, lifeless limbs of the chandelier and the rusty look of the base give it a worn look representing its actual age. Elaborate tiers and actual candles differ from modern chandeliers in which bulbs are replaced yearly. Chandeliers have almost become commonplace in homes of average families. The particular chandeliers in this piece of art are Venetian Murano glass chandeliers. Most Venetian Murano chandeliers are made of hand blown glass. Each piece of glass used must be fired up and blown to a certain unique shape. This means that each chandelier has its own unique style which may not be visible to the untrained eye. These chandeliers were beautifully photographed and then were put through the printmaking process. <Tab/>Artwork has to have form, strokes, lines, paints, and colors. This is not exactly true with the process of printmaking. Printmaking occurs when image is taken from a matrix and put onto a transferring base. A matrix can be made of stone or metal plate. The image is drawn, etched, or carved into the matrix. Ink coats the matrix and shortly after being coated, it is covered with a transferring base. This base is usually paper or fabric. The final step is to print it with a roller press, or a hand press. The resemblance from the original to the copy is almost identical. There are several different printmaking techniques. <Tab/>One of these techniques is etching, more specifically, photo etching (used by Edwards Bernstein). In this process, the high contrast film is the matrix and the plate is the transferring base. The plate is covered with a light sensitive emulsion, and placed upside down on the plate. The emulsion is then exposed to a light source that uses ultraviolet rays. The image is allowed to harden on the plate, and then be washed, so that the flaky pieces will wash away. What ever is left now becomes the image. The plate is etched and follows the original printmaking process. <Tab/>"Expressionists embrace art about life (Barrett 146)." Past experiences and lessons learned come out through the paintbrush, then are shown on the canvas. Edwards Bernstein's Constellation I, II, and III can be viewed as a type of expressionism. Memory is the same as past experiences. Without memory, past experiences cannot be remembered. Bernstein feels that he has refined the representation of memory and personal history using light and cast shadow from the glass chandeliers. . this was the centerpiece of his family life in his household. <Tab/&gt ;The long curved, lifeless limbs of the chandelier and the rusty look of. printmaking process. <Tab/>Artwork has to have form, strokes, lines, paints, and colors. This is not exactly true with the process of printmaking.