Intaglio etching print on Copperplate Zerkell. I decided that I would continue taking print classes at ETSU before I graduated. I again reached a point in the class where the teacher and I were "discussing" what is and is not fine art. I didn't let it get to me as easily as I did the last time I took the class.

The solution this time was that I would skip the sketching and planning stages completely. I started with just the cover plate and a scribe. I divided the plate into the panels and added the borders. After a 40 minute etch, I went back in and scribed in the left large panel a tall guy. I dipped it again for 40 minutes. Went back in, and drew her. I had no idea how this was all going to turn out, I was just randomly drawing what I felt had to go in next after each dip. Once I finished her and her feathers, I drew the monk looking man beneath her. Once they were completed, I decided on marbling as a way to add some textures to each of the panels to help contrast the characters better. Once I had finished that, I added the decorative line pattern in the boarders completing the plate.

I have no idea what the imagery means to me yet. Having just let the plate develop as a sketch, I am sure there is some meaning to my life. I believe it turned out rather well for not having been planned. Over all, it took about a week to come to completion.