A forgotten plate

One of the loveliest things about printmaking is that you can go back to an old plate and work on it again.
I made this plate in 2006 but didn't make edition of it, only made a unique state version with some paper cut-outs around the pig.
I found this forgotten plate in my bag and made an edition of 10.
There are more forgotten ones in the bag so I'll be printing them soon too.

Secret of Wild Life
Bleed prints 44cm x 28cm

Steam coming out of my head

Fungi Land study

I'm studying mushrooms at the moment as an experiment for background images.

Relationship between drypoint bunny and music

I did a proofing for this drypoint black bunny today. It took a while to get a velvety black I wanted. I made this plate a long time ago but it wasn't black enough after the initial proof so I had to scratch it really violently.
I was listening to Eric's old CD of Rage Against the Machine when I was scratching the plate. And it worked so well. I had an insane energy to get the dark black I wanted. I love finding out what music works best in different circumstances. I don't think I can listen to this when I'm editioning or even reading though!