Print of broken things

Notes

Scribbles of where my train of thought was at different points during the day

Berlin box

Through the looking glass

As I said in my previous post, I want to use the plate as opposed to the print. The sheet of acetate will be used as a window into a box containing discarded train tickets, empty cigarette packets, broken twigs, typical items found on the street. Why the box? Squats are self contained. The box will be colourful and loud, just like the squat with its threatening warning signs. Here's the gist of it

Segment

The print I have done seemed to me overly complicated and was very boring, it was just a pretty picture. I decided I'd pull a segment from this print (thumbnail shown below), use it for drypoint, and contrast a second metallic plate to show the diversity between the two urban sites I have been looking at. The acetate itself instead of the print is what I'm interested in which I will explain in my next post :)

Berlin thumbnails and ideas

Berlin, squat and high rise combined

I thought it would be cool to combine the high rise buildings of posdamer platz and an old squat in to print to show the diversity of the city. This is how it turned out