Negative space.

Proportionate to the love we have for people, animals, places and objects is the loss and the grief that we feel when they are no more. I look at this relationship between what is present and what is no longer, using metal plates and the process of aquatint to create a high-contrast abstract and figurative prints. Play with different objects and subjects helps me to explore different aspects of grief and the negative space of the places and spaces we inhabit.

The investigation is both formal and conceptual, the placement of shapes in the confines of the plate size and their shape as well as the depth of bite the etchant makes. The chaos of working with aluminium, more uncontrollable than copper or zinc, means the outcome is only partially known, like with cooking, I vary the recipe for each plate and construction of an image evolves in realtime. I use sharpies and pencils because it lends a pragmatic and loose aesthetic, textured and true to the intimate and uncontrollable nature of grief.