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Moonlight
2008 Aquatint and Chine Colle, 47.5 x 66.5 cm
Thinking From The Square
Thinking from the Square is a series of nine prints made with etching (aquatint) and Chine Colle. It presents an undifferentiated vision of the 'real' and the imaginary.
Untitled
2008 Aquatint, 29 x 31 cm
My interest in geometric abstraction comes from pre-Columbian architecture. Spring and Autumn equinoxes are visible at the Kukulkan pyramid, announced by the formation of a serpent made of triangular cast shadows in its stair handrail.
The abstract compositions of the prints resulted from playing with cardboard structures. Cast shadows from the panels produced a variety of tonal values and new possibilities for space configuration.
Pendulum
2008 Aquatint and Chine Colle, 44 x 61 cm
Tracing The Sky
2008 Aquatint and Chine Colle, 39 x 56 cm
The characters were made of tights and cushion fill. Their faces are distorted by photographic manipulation, forcing them to fit in square shapes.
Mirrors
Aquatint and Chine Colle, 48 x 70 cm
Clock
2008 Aquatint and Chine Colle, 45.5 x 63.5 cm
Some pieces further explore the etching’s sculptural qualities, presenting recessed relief on the paper by employing blind debossing, a plate without ink.
Brief Flight
2008 Aquatint and Chine Colle, 49 x 51 cm
Untitled
2008 Aquatint and Chine Colle, 49 x 51 cm
I constructed large origami dodecahedrons, which I called stars. They were involved in the creative process and displayed alongside the prints. Their multiple white faces played with light, producing diverse shades of grey echoing the aquatints.
Untitled
2008 Aquatint, 25 x 54 cm
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