Using the same method shown to me during my one to one tutorial I used illustrations of the old man from the park to etch into the dry plate using a pin tool. Using this method I visited uni a couple of times to reflect and develop as my ideas change. by changing the buffing process and pressure applied to the plate once the ink is applied changes the crispness and darkness of the image. Therefore I played around with altering this to experiment with toal changes. I concluded the most effective way to have some darker ink surrounding the character as it emphasises the isolation. My first couple of attempts were using cartridge paper as during my one to one the discussions I had with Nigel was that we thought the strength of my hand made paper wouldn’t survive the soaking process needed to create the impression if the image off the plate. I experimented with dampening the paper and this did make it more fragile and some of the thinner sheets did disintegrate into nothing but the thicker sheets of news clipping paper worked extremely well and the images transferred successfully.
Lara Hoad Artist Designer: Maker 