The bevelling of 18 plate edges has finally been achieved. THe view across the quad by the print room has been a changing vignette of students going about their business, moving from A-B, unaware they are being observed. It is home from home. My home studio is 1950s with metal Crittal windows, and the architecture here at University of Worcester is the same. I have ordered my own supply of Copper Sulphate crystals from Hawthorns so that I can be self sufficient with the etching process. I have enjoyed listening to local radio and feeling a part of something much bigger. The life of an artist is unbelievably isolated and at times it is hard to feel that there is any point in the process. Working in a different environment, with an exhibition to work towards, has undoubtedly helped new ideas formulate, and working methods alter.
I realise that the only thing I really love is drawing. The printmaking processes of monotype, relief block and etching allow me the freedom to continue to draw, and reach a wider audience through the production of limited editions prints. The linking theme in my work has to be a simple fascination in form, be it in the life room, in a museum, in the street. I really like the juxtaposition of differing imagery, sitting side by side, not knowing how they are linked.
