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Clinker Spire

August 18, 2018August 18, 20181 Comment

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

Drawings to be used for making etching plates. Will end up on final banner designs.

August 11, 2018August 11, 2018Leave a comment

Scene on blackened allotments with spoil heap mounds in the distance. Two men collecting coal during strike.

January 20, 2018January 20, 2018Leave a comment

Preparatory collage designs for ‘Violent Confrontations’ drawings.

January 6, 2018January 6, 2018Leave a comment

Storyboarding by building narratives and playing with ideas before eventual transferral into drawing/prints at a later stage.  

Final week of etching course: Sugarlift.

December 12, 2017December 12, 2017Leave a comment

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.

Etching of running soldier WWI

Week 3 of etching course: Soft Ground

November 18, 2017November 18, 2017Leave a comment

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….

October 31, 2017Leave a comment

... eventually spills out onto paper.

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