Ann Symes - Black and white exhibition

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In this unfinished series I am focusing on etched edges and subtle surface marks.

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I worked with aluminium plates etched with copper sulphate and salt.  The subtle surface marks are created by textiles impressed into the soft ground.

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By combining different sized plates and changing the arrangements it offers wide possibilities of variation on the theme.

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Instead of printing using the intaglio method I surface rolled the plates using different densities of water based ink and printing them on fine papers to reveal the subtle marks.