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Colour Dypich

Adding some colours

Reworked 6

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So, when I looked at the prints I'd made, I decided that they might benefit from a bit more time in the acid. Mistake!

What happened next was totally unexpected. The plate started bubbling in a totally uncontrolled way- etching the open area so quickly that the plates were utterly transformed (and not all in a good way) 

The circles that are visible on the areas which were already etched are he bubbles that formed 9n the acid! 

What are the odds? 4

What are the odds? 3

What are the odds? 2

What are the odds? 1

Printing by numbers

I've made 7 plates in total from the falling bands, and they are square, and initially I thought about printing them 4 together like this. And then I started to ponder the maths. 

Given that each plate can be used in 4 places on the grid, with any of 6  other plates each 4 ways round, and they can be in different positions on the grid- how many possible combinations are there- or more to the point- what was the chance of me arriving at this combination. I know the number's huge- but I don't know how huge. I think my brain might explode working it out. 

Colouring the plates 6

Colouring the plates 5

Colouring the plates 4

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This isn't the best photograph of the real colour. 

You might have realised by now, that left to my own preferences- ie when the image is something I'm playing  with, though not when the subject dictates otherwise, I like bright happy colours. So I thought kit was time to have a gfo with something more staid and grownup. I printed this is a beautifully subtle inky navy and a pale grey blue- both colours heavily based on my favorite Prussian blue of course, but not in your face as I generally chose to print them. 

Chance 7

Chance 6

Chance 5

Chance 4

Chance 3

Chance 2

Chance 1

Based on the falling elastic bands, I made a total of 7 square plates, which I've printed and will post one each day for the next week. This is the first, and here only printed in black and white as this is the proof.

They all use a deep ( ish) etch, and I used stop out which I brushed on quite unevenly with the intention of it breaking down in places during the etching process, to make the lines across the plate which are also carrying quite a lot of ink. 

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Back to a deep etch

This is a plate I made based on a chance happening. Bands falling onto a table. I just kept dropping them and photographing the results. 

So I made a plate, and there was more chance involved as the stop out broke down. I quite like the result. I think that that is one of the things which appeals to me in printing- I make discoveries and move work forward by a series of happy accidents. 

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Testing

This is a test plate with copper. I should have done this first. Clearly one can achieve very delicate lines- but I'm not great with subtle, and as a test plate it hasn't really worked as I haven't really discovered much- it wasn't that scientific.