Etage
Etage
That process
Of etching over frottage
Arches pressed
On to mesh grids
18 gauge cold pressed
Ribbed steel
The ground
On which to work
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Found Material
Found material
On a host image
Enamelled powder compact
Linen, maps, books,
Over printed
Puzzles from kids’ books
With matches and letters
“A” for example
Surfaces
Pressed into ground
Print transferred from paper
And bitten
Paper pressed over
Gridded steel sheet
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The Detail Palm Sander
The detail palm sander
With four grades
of glass paper
Applied
To the plate
Creates
Gridded texture.
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The Plate
Over the plate
Layer printed papers
Treated to give up their images
And press
Thus a collage of print image
Etched and inked