First section at bottom coming together at Nicholson-Harris Blacksmiths at NCM. Will form structure for a clinker tower that will have arms and a form that will allow nests to nestle within. The design has been arrived at in close collusion with a local author who has developed a story using the theme of a … Continue reading Clinker Spire
Tag: Planning
Drawings to be used for making etching plates. Will end up on final banner designs.
Scene on blackened allotments with spoil heap mounds in the distance. Two men collecting coal during strike.
Preparatory collage designs for ‘Violent Confrontations’ drawings.
Storyboarding by building narratives and playing with ideas before eventual transferral into drawing/prints at a later stage.
Final week of etching course: Sugarlift.
Interesting process this one have been taught at The Royal Drawing School. Using sugary substances it is possible to etch a metal plate. Simply draw onto a greased surface then treat to biting through acids in usual technique. Aquatint applied afterwards will give varying depths of shade/darkness. Prints can be made in the usual way.
Week 3 of etching course: Soft Ground
Soft ground process of etching learning this week Royal Drawing School . Another nice form of drawing using any implement to hand and a system of layering, and building up image in stages. Aggressive fizzing of zinc that eats away at a barely scratched in line to leave a dense and dramatic effect.
Storyboard….
... eventually spills out onto paper.