and we revisit the past again....

Etchings are a pretty amazing art. Again it's one of those two dimensional arts that has a real three dimensional component to it... etching your image into the copper. It's very much like making a tile in clay, only less forgiving... plus! I got to use the dremel tool.

POWER TOOLS FOREVER!

Regardless... Here's some of the work I created. I'll probably never get back into the art form, so I'm grappling with possibly selling my copper plates for scrap metal (hey I'm poor!), but they're really cool unto themselves...

"Roland's Last Revelation"

For those of you familiar with Stephen King's Dark Tower series, this image should be familiar. It was a stretch for me artistically because I don't typicaly draw faces or humans, hence the decision to only put in his head. I became emotionally attached to Roland through reading the Dark Tower series and felt such... well I don't want to ruin the series for those of you who have not read it. It's an amazing series of literature and Stephen King deserves great recognition for creating it. Although, I don't think any one human can create such depth in literature. There's definitely something other worldly happening there. Regardless... this is the last etching I created. I like etchings because they make the paper three dimensional. The stones are raised... and there's lots of symbolism happening and references to events only someone who has read the series will understand. So read the series and understand "Roland's Last Revelation".

"Roland's Last Revelation: Blue Sienna"

This is just me playing with the ink a bit. I kind of like how this version turned out.

"Falling Fortune"

This etching was done by reclaiming a previously utilized copper sheet-- hence all of the scratches. I think I was trying to create an old window with the scratches and frame. The Ginkgo Leaf is so elegant. I love the shape. I also love the tree. It's prehistoric and survived ice ages! It grows in Vermont and sometimes you find a random one that someone has planted. There's a female tree and a male tree, and the female tree produces fruit that smells like rotting garbage.

All of these fun facts lead me to think that the ginkgo is pretty damn awesome.


There were other etchings... but these are the only two that I really feel any attachment to. Have I mentioned yet that I'm not a two dimensional artist?