Nicholas Hedges

Art, Writing and Research

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Home
  • Artwork
    • Selected Works
    • Galleries
      • A Moment’s Language
      • Installations
        • Murder
        • The Woods, Breathing
        • The Woods, Breathing (Texts)
      • Photographs
        • The Trees
        • Shotover
        • Pillars of Snow
        • Places
        • Textures
        • Walk to work
        • Creatures
      • Photographic Installations
        • St. Giles Fair 1908
        • Cornmarket 1907
        • Headington Hill 1903
        • Queen Street 1897
        • Snow (details)
        • The Wall
      • Stitched Work
        • ‘Missded’ Tokens
        • ‘Missded’ 1 – Tokens
        • ‘Missded’ 2 – Tokens
        • ‘Missded’ 3 – Tokens
      • Miscellaneous
        • Remembered Visit to Birkenau
        • Somewhere Between Writing and Trees
        • Tracks
        • Portfolio
        • Posters for Exhibitions
        • T (Crosses)
        • Backdrops
        • Correspondence (details)
    • Continuing Themes
      • Missded
      • Lists
      • Heavy Water Sleep
      • The Trees
      • The Gentleman’s Servant
      • Fragment
      • Notebook
  • Blog
  • Exhibitions
    • The Space Beyond Us
    • Kaleidoscope
    • A Line Drawn in Water
    • A Line Drawn in Water (Blog)
    • Mine the Mountain 3
    • Mine the Mountain 2
    • The Woods, Breathing
    • Snow
    • Echo
    • Murder
    • The Tourist
    • Dreamcatcher
    • Mine the Mountain
    • M8
    • Umbilical Light
    • The Gate
    • Creatures
    • Residue
    • A visit to Auschwitz
  • Video
    • The Gone Forest
    • Look, trees exist
    • Look, trees exist (WWI postcard)
    • Videos from ‘A Line Drawn in Water’
  • Family History
  • About Me
  • Subscribe to Nicholas Hedges
  • Eliot Press

Printmaking – A Reflection IV

October 26, 2007 by Nicholas Hedges

I completed another set of prints this week, again trying to lift the rust from a plate but again failing. However, the resulting prints were interesting so it wasn’t all bad – I just need to look at whether I should print from the rusted plates now or use them simply in their own right.

This time, the reverse of the plate was that which was particularly rusted (because it was face up in the ground) and so it was from this side that I decided to try and take the first print.

Plate (3rd week Buried)

The rust itself was particularly beautiful with some very nice red -almost liquid – rust-drops on its surface.

Plate (3rd week Buried) Detail

The resulting print however was a little disappointing. Perhaps using a heavier paper might do the trick?

Print 4 (Reverse)

Again I printed the other side which by now is so marked, it’s difficult to remove much of the ink and so the resulting image is extremely dark.

Print 4

The most interesting results came with a plate I hid in the woods. I left it for a period of a week, and although there didn’t appear to be much on it, aside from a few patches of rust, it was only when it was printed that the extent of wear on the plate’s surface became apparent.

Plate from the Woods

This was the plate I used, and having taken the image I was interested in how I could see my own reflection, for the marking on the plate had reminded me of the surfaces of old mirrors. Seeing the marks revealed in the print led me think how interesting it would be to print some mirrors. Maybe past reflections would be contained on the resulting image…?

Woodland Plate - First Print

In fact, on the side of which I took the photograph, there is a shadow which could well pass for my image…

Woodland Plate - First Print (Reverse)

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Printmaking

© Nicholas Hedges 2006-20

Subscribe
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Copyright © 2023 · Outreach Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in