All my works start from an etching. Etching involves using acid to bite texture into a metal plate. Traditionally heavy ink, the consistency of oil paint is rubbed into this texture and wiped off the surface. The plate is then run through a press with wet paper. This embosses the paper into the texture picking up the image.
Instead of a press, I spread an acrylic medium on to an inked plate and let it dry. When dry, I can pull a print literally by pulling off the acrylic and the image comes too. This creates a textured stretchy print that I then glue over forms of Styrofoam and plaster. After that there is further manipulation with mediums, paints, resins, etc. until I feel I'm done.
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