I love the way the copper is eaten away by the ferric chloride
leaving me with a set of moth eaten labels in copper.
Before I start enamelling on them I have inked and printed them. This has given me a 
a set of prints that have a textile feel to them as the soft ground faithfully reproduces the textures impressed into the plate.
Still working on the label idea I experimented further with enamel. Gold leaf, screen printed transfers and using watch parts as stencils.
These two pieces are the result of a days playing.
yum ... love those copper etched pieces ... the prints are exciting too in a different kind of way ... look forward with curiosity to seeing the enameling >>> Gina
ReplyDeleteAmazing Sue. Loving this during all steps of the process. But the first step shown in the first picture is calling my name!
ReplyDeleteI can see where you're going with this.... and it's working isn't it? The watch part stencils do it for me! Lesley x
ReplyDeleteI love the plates and the printed images - playtime pays off!
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful, I love the irregular shapes and deep textures. As so often with my own printmaking though, I can imagine I'd become a lot more attached to the plates themselves than the prints.
ReplyDeleteThese are simply fabulous!
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