What is a Toccare ?

All of us at LaMantia Gallery are very excited about the unique luminosity and textural richness that the Toccare™ printing process has brought to Hessam’s repertoire of work. 

First and foremost, the word Toccare means “To Touch”. A Toccare™ is built up with as many as 18 layers of both color and texture, so feel free to touch the piece.

Before final approval is given by Hessam to release a Toccare, numerous visits with the printer are required for him to create the desired amount of texture. Therefore, Hessam’s investment of time proofing and working on a Toccare is far greater than any other limited-edition release. This printing process begins with the process of serigraphy to build texture and then the image is created by color glazing onto the aluminum board.

As art is all about Light, the Toccaré™ method of layering color on an aluminum brushed substrate, creates a distinctly vibrant luminosity not attainable in other mediums.

Due to the complexity of the process, our Toccarés™ are printed in small editions of only “45” with special attention paid to detail and quality.  Hessam’s Toccarés™ are the closest medium on the market today and fill a niche between traditional reproductions and original works.