"Sentinel" was inspired by a lone tree I
often drove past on the trip home to see
my parents. I always found it's
steadfastness comforting. Maybe because I
was on my way home. I think it will
always make me think of the way parents
are forever there in the background of
your life, even now that mine are gone.
This image was done as a copperplate
etching, which involves scratching a
copper plate through a thin resist to
expose the metal. The artist sees a
negative mirror image. Once drawn the
plate is submerged in acid to "bite" lines
deeper into the scratches. When satisfied
with the image the resist is removed. Ink
is forced into the lines and carefully wiped
off the surface leaving ink only in the lines
of the image. Dampened acid-free paper
and a felt blanket are placed over the
inked plate and slowly rolled under
tremendous pressure through a press
transferring the image to the paper.
2 Comments
Katerina Koukiotis 30 Mar 2012
beautiful tree!Aqua1955 30 Mar 2012
You made a great etching plate!! Not many people would do this technique to make such beauty. My deep respect Diana :)