So it's semester one of second year and we've hit the ground running with our first project : 'News and Headlines'. After researching a few different ideas, I decided to explore how politicians always break their promises . They always seem to promise the sun, moon and stars before elections and then take all their promises back when they get into power. The image I've chosen to convey this a is 'pinky promise', one which the politicians seem to have broken.
Having sanded, filed, degreased and cleaned my plate I then covered it with hard ground and covered the back with bitumen. When the plate was dry I etched my image of two hands with interlocking baby fingers onto the plate with a scribe.
Inked up plate, then cleaned off the excess using scrim and newsprint.
I added washes of watercolour to this print
In my next prints, I hope to incorporate some of the headlines that inspired my project.
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